Ian Williams (born 1 July 1957) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Footscray in the

Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia serving as one of the second-tier regional semi-professional competitions which sit underneath the fully professional Australian Football League (AFL). It ...

(VFL). Williams started his career in the

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, with Swan Districts. He represented

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in an interstate match against

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in 1980. Recruited by Footscray before the 1982 season, Williams did not come and entangled himself with WAFL authorities by intending to work in Port Hedland and play for Port Hedland Panthers in the De Grey league, which would have meant he faced a two-year ban had he actually played after injury. Williams played his first VFL season in 1983 and was the Bulldogs’ third leading goal-kicker with 31 goals from 17 games, behind

Simon Beasley Simon Francis Beasley (born 26 July 1956) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Swan Districts Football Club in the West Australian Football League (WAFL) and for the Footscray Football Club in the Victorian Football Leagu ...

and

Jim Edmond Jim Edmond (born 3 September 1958 in Glasgow, Scotland) is a former Australian rules footballer. Originally from Bairnsdale Football Club, Edmond made his senior debut for Footscray Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL) in 1977 ...

. He had a memorable finish to the season, kicking five goals in a win over

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in round 20, then booting the winning goal against St Kilda the following round.''

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"Bulldogs maul Lions"
14 August 1983, p. 26''

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"Dogs back from the dead"
22 August 1983, p. 29 His goal came in the dying minutes, when scores were level. He made a further 13 appearances in 1984 and three in 1985.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Williams, Ian 1957 births Australian rules footballers from Western Australia Western Bulldogs players Swan Districts Football Club players Living people