Avril Williams

{{short description|South African rugby union footballer}}

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| birth_name = Avril Percy Williams

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1961|02|10|df=y}}

| birth_place = Paarl, South Africa

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| height = {{convert|1.76|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}

| weight = {{convert|82|kg|lb|abbr=on}}

| ru_position = Wing, Centre

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| amatteam1 = Cape Town Defence

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| ru_province1 = Western Province

| ru_provinceyears1 = 1982–1984

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| ru_provincepoints1 = 36

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| repteam1 = South Africa

| repyears1 = 1984

| repcaps1 = 2

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| relatives = Chester Williams (nephew)

| school = Noorder Paarl Secondary School

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Avril Percy Williams (born 10 February 1961 in Paarl) is a former rugby union wing who was the second coloured man (after Errol Tobias) to play for South Africa.{{cite web|url=http://www.scrum.com/statsguru/rugby/player/9755.html|title=Avril Williams|publisher=scrum.com|access-date=29 January 2010}}{{Cite book|title=S.A. Rugby Writers Annual 1985|last=Van Rooyen|first=Quintus|publisher=S.A. Rugby Writers' Society|year=1985|pages=83}} His nephew Chester Williams later played for the Springboks too.