Geoffrey Howard Williams (18 November 1930 – 20 July 2020) was an

Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...

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Geelong Geelong ( ) (Wathawurrung: ''Djilang''/''Djalang'') is a port city in the southeastern Australian state of Victoria, located at the eastern end of Corio Bay (the smaller western portion of Port Phillip Bay) and the left bank of Barwon River, ...

in the Victorian Football League (VFL). A half-back flanker, he played in Geelong's 1952 premiership team and won the club's best and fairest award in 1952 and 1955. He and his wife Joan had four children. He was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia in the 2016 Australia Day honours for services "to Australian rules football, and to the community of Geelong".

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* * Geelong Football Club players Geelong Football Club Premiership players Carji Greeves Medal winners Yarraville Football Club players Warragul Football Club players Australian rules footballers from Victoria (Australia) 1930 births 2020 deaths Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia One-time VFL/AFL Premiership players {{AFL-bio-1930s-stub