Chelsea FC Profile: Reg Williams

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Full Name: Reginald Frederick Williams

Born: Saturday, 28th January 1922
Place of birth: Watford, Hertfordshire, England
Height: 5' 11"
Died: Thursday, 6th October 2011 (aged 89)
Place of death: Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, England
Burial: Cremated - West Herts Crematorium. No known memorial.

Involvement with Chelsea:

Men's 1st Team Player from 1945 to 1951

Playing Career:

Watford (A)
Chelsea (Oct 1945 to Oct 1951) - cost: unknown - Retired

* (A) = Amateur

* Retired = Retired from playing at the end of Chelsea contract, or for reason stated

Chelsea First-Team Career Summary

Competitive Debut: Saturday, 5th January 1946, Chelsea 1 - 1 Leicester City

Age on debut: 23 years 11 months 8 days

Last Competitive First-Team Appearance: Wednesday, 29th August 1951, Arsenal 2 - 1 Chelsea

Appearances Season League F.A. Cup Lg Cup Europe Oth* Ttl 1945 / 46 0 6 0 0 0 6 1946 / 47 9 1 0 0 0 10 1948 / 49 13 3 0 0 0 16 1949 / 50 21 4 0 0 0 25 1950 / 51 13 2 0 0 0 15 1951 / 52 2 0 0 0 0 2 Total 58 16 0 0 0 74

Goals Season League F.A. Cup Lg Cup Europe Oth* Ttl 1945 / 46 0 1 0 0 0 1 1946 / 47 2 1 0 0 0 3 1948 / 49 3 1 0 0 0 4 1949 / 50 5 0 0 0 0 5 1950 / 51 3 1 0 0 0 4 Total 13 4 0 0 0 17

* oth = other competitive matches such as Full Members Cup, Charity/Community Shield, Fifa World Club Cup.
Figures in ( ) are substitute appearances and are also included in the totals.
i.e. Reg Williams made 74 appearances for Chelsea, of which 0 were as a substitute.

Competitive Matches Played

Comp	Date	Home			Away	Att
F.A. Cup	5th Jan 1946	Chelsea	1	1	Leicester City	39,678
F.A. Cup	10th Jan 1946	Leicester City	0	2	Chelsea	25,368
F.A. Cup	26th Jan 1946	Chelsea	2	0	West Ham United	65,726
F.A. Cup	30th Jan 1946	West Ham United	1	0	Chelsea	35,000
F.A. Cup	9th Feb 1946	Chelsea	0	1	Aston Villa	65,307
F.A. Cup	12th Feb 1946	Aston Villa	1	0	Chelsea	55,000
League	31st Aug 1946	Chelsea	4	3	Bolton Wanderers	62,850
League	4th Sep 1946	Chelsea	0	3	Manchester United	27,750
League	9th Sep 1946	Sheffield United	2	2	Chelsea	41,545
League	14th Sep 1946	Chelsea	3	0	Leeds United	56,484
League	18th Sep 1946	Manchester United	1	1	Chelsea	30,275
League	21st Sep 1946	Grimsby Town	2	1	Chelsea	21,932
League	28th Sep 1946	Chelsea	2	2	Charlton Athletic	63,859
F.A. Cup	25th Jan 1947	Chelsea	2	2	Derby County	49,484
League	1st Mar 1947	Arsenal	1	2	Chelsea	52,606
League	8th Mar 1947	Chelsea	1	4	Blackpool	30,365
League	8th Sep 1948	Charlton Athletic	1	1	Chelsea	38,492
League	18th Sep 1948	Preston North End	3	2	Chelsea	32,164
League	25th Sep 1948	Chelsea	1	0	Burnley	53,193
League	2nd Oct 1948	Stoke City	4	3	Chelsea	31,004
League	30th Oct 1948	Chelsea	0	1	Arsenal	56,476
League	6th Nov 1948	Huddersfield Town	3	4	Chelsea	18,693
League	13th Nov 1948	Chelsea	1	1	Manchester United	62,542
League	20th Nov 1948	Sheffield United	2	1	Chelsea	29,646
League	1st Jan 1949	Chelsea	2	0	Birmingham City	28,850
F.A. Cup	8th Jan 1949	Bristol City	1	3	Chelsea	36,454
League	22nd Jan 1949	Everton	2	1	Chelsea	52,700
F.A. Cup	29th Jan 1949	Chelsea	2	0	Everton	56,671
League	5th Feb 1949	Chelsea	5	3	Preston North End	41,483
F.A. Cup	12th Feb 1949	West Bromwich Albion	3	0	Chelsea	57,843
League	19th Feb 1949	Burnley	3	0	Chelsea	28,754
League	4th May 1949	Bolton Wanderers	1	1	Chelsea	19,084
League	20th Aug 1949	Birmingham City	0	3	Chelsea	45,068
League	24th Aug 1949	Chelsea	1	2	Arsenal	63,196
League	27th Aug 1949	Chelsea	1	2	Derby County	59,038
League	7th Sep 1949	Chelsea	3	1	Sunderland	40,061
League	10th Sep 1949	Chelsea	1	1	Manchester United	61,357
League	29th Oct 1949	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2	2	Chelsea	42,008
League	5th Nov 1949	Chelsea	1	4	Portsmouth	31,650
League	27th Dec 1949	Liverpool	2	2	Chelsea	58,757
F.A. Cup	7th Jan 1950	Brentford	0	1	Chelsea	38,000
League	4th Feb 1950	Chelsea	2	2	Stoke City	45,097
League	18th Feb 1950	Burnley	1	2	Chelsea	23,446
League	25th Feb 1950	Manchester City	1	1	Chelsea	32,824
F.A. Cup	4th Mar 1950	Chelsea	2	0	Manchester United	70,362
League	8th Mar 1950	Chelsea	1	3	Charlton Athletic	26,507
League	11th Mar 1950	Everton	1	1	Chelsea	50,328
F.A. Cup	18th Mar 1950	Arsenal	2	2	Chelsea	67,752
F.A. Cup	22nd Mar 1950	Arsenal	1	0	Chelsea	66,482
League	25th Mar 1950	Portsmouth	4	0	Chelsea	28,574
League	1st Apr 1950	Chelsea	3	1	Huddersfield Town	32,064
League	7th Apr 1950	Chelsea	1	1	Bolton Wanderers	52,985
League	8th Apr 1950	Aston Villa	4	0	Chelsea	35,147
League	15th Apr 1950	Chelsea	0	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	30,254
League	22nd Apr 1950	Blackpool	0	0	Chelsea	26,006
League	29th Apr 1950	Chelsea	1	3	Newcastle United	24,677
League	6th May 1950	Sunderland	4	1	Chelsea	21,567
League	23rd Aug 1950	Arsenal	0	0	Chelsea	61,166
League	13th Jan 1951	Chelsea	3	1	Newcastle United	43,840
League	20th Jan 1951	West Bromwich Albion	1	1	Chelsea	30,985
F.A. Cup	27th Jan 1951	Exeter City	1	1	Chelsea	20,000
F.A. Cup	31st Jan 1951	Chelsea	2	0	Exeter City	46,134
League	17th Feb 1951	Everton	3	0	Chelsea	33,005
League	3rd Mar 1951	Tottenham Hotspur	2	1	Chelsea	59,449
League	17th Mar 1951	Sunderland	1	1	Chelsea	24,270
League	23rd Mar 1951	Burnley	2	1	Chelsea	22,266
League	24th Mar 1951	Chelsea	2	3	Charlton Athletic	38,196
League	31st Mar 1951	Manchester United	4	1	Chelsea	25,779
League	7th Apr 1951	Chelsea	1	1	Aston Villa	28,569
League	18th Apr 1951	Huddersfield Town	2	1	Chelsea	23,999
League	21st Apr 1951	Chelsea	1	0	Liverpool	30,134
League	28th Apr 1951	Fulham	1	2	Chelsea	24,897
League	25th Aug 1951	Chelsea	1	3	Liverpool	44,055
League	29th Aug 1951	Arsenal	2	1	Chelsea	48,768

Non-Competitive First-Team Appearances Season Appearances 1945 / 46 1 Total 1

Non-Competitive First-Team Goals Season Goals 1945 / 46 1 Total 1

Figures in ( ) are substitute appearances and are also included in the totals.
i.e. Reg Williams made 1 appearances for Chelsea, of which 0 were as a substitute.

Non-Competitive First-Team Matches Played

Comp	Date	Home			Away	Att
Friendly	13th Nov 1945	Chelsea	3	3	Dynamo Moscow	72,926

Non-First-Team Appearances Season Appearances Total 0

Non-First-Team Goals Season Goals Total 0

Figures in ( ) are substitute appearances and are also included in the totals.
i.e. Reg Williams made 0 appearances for Chelsea, of which 0 were as a substitute.

Non-First-Team Matches Played

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Games Won:	21
Win Percentage:	28.38%
Total Bookings:	0
Times Sent Off:	0

Teammates

During his Chelsea first-team career of 74 appearances, Reg Williams played alongside the following 45 players (number of appearances together in the same match-day squad in brackets)

Ken Armstrong (47)
Jimmy Bain (7)
Sidney Bathgate (22)
Roy Bentley (51)
Hugh Billington (21)
Jimmy Bowie (19)
Bobby Campbell (48)
Bill Dickson (16)
Len Dolding (6)
Charlie Dyke (2)
Dickie Foss (11)
John Galloway (2)
Ray Goddard (1)
Len Goulden (25)
Billy Gray (36)
John Harris (69)
Wally Hinshelwood (7)
Billy Hughes (34)
Harry Hughes (1)
Freddie Jenkins (3)
Benny Jones (14)
Tommy Lawton (12)
Fred Lewis (9)
James Macaulay (21)
Alex Machin (9)
John McInnes (7)
Harry Medhurst (42)
Frank Mitchell (27)
Eric Parsons (2)
Johnny Paton (3)
Joe Payne (5)
Peter Pickering (15)
Bill Robertson (13)
Bill Robertson (4)
Robert Russell (2)
Jack Saunders (5)
Bobby Smith (11)
Dick Spence (14)
Willi Steffen (3)
Albert Tennant (6)
Sid Tickridge (7)
Tommy Walker (13)
Alex White (4)
Stan Willemse (14)
Danny Winter (50)