Joe Williams (fullback)

{{Short description|American gridiron football player (1941–2015)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Use American English|date=March 2022}}

{{Infobox CFL biography

| name = Joe Williams

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1941|3|16}}

| birth_place = Daisy, Georgia, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2015|1|30|1941|3|16}}

| death_place = {{nowrap|Berkeley Heights, New Jersey, U.S.}}

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| import = yes

| high_school = Rahway (NJ)

| college = Iowa

| NFLDraftedYear = 1963

| NFLDraftedRound = 14

| NFLDraftedPick = 194

| NFLDraftedTeam = New York Giants

| position1 = Fullback

| position2 = Defensive end

| height_ft = 5

| height_in = 10

| weight_lbs = 205

| playing_years1 = {{CFL Year|1962}}, {{CFL Year|1963}}

| playing_team1 = Winnipeg Blue Bombers

| playing_years2 = 1963

| playing_team2 = Ottawa Rough Riders

| playing_years3 = {{CFL Year|1967}}

| playing_team3 = Toronto Argonauts

| career_highlights =

• Grey Cup champion ({{CFL Year|1962}})

}}

Rudolph Joseph Williams (March 16, 1941 – January 30, 2015) was an American professional football player for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, Ottawa Rough Riders and Toronto Argonauts in the Canadian Football League. He won the Grey Cup with Winnipeg in 1962.{{cite web| url = http://www.justsportsstats.com/footballstatsindex.php?player_id=willijoe008| title = Joe Williams football statistics on StatsCrew.com}} He played college football at the University of Iowa and also played for the Toronto Rifles of the Continental Football League. He died in 2015.{{cite web| url = http://obits.nj.com/obituaries/starledger/obituary.aspx?pid=174068106| title = RUDOLPH WILLIAMS Obituary (2015) - Rahway, NJ - The Star-Ledger}}{{cite web|url=https://www.profootballarchives.com/playerw/will18100.html|title=Joe Williams CFL Stats and Bio|website=profootballarchives.com|access-date=July 11, 2023}}

Raised in Rahway, New Jersey, Williams played prep football at Rahway High School.[https://www.newspapers.com/article/asbury-park-press-football-player-joe-wi/169165163/ "Tigers Sign Joe Williams Of Rahway"], Asbury Park Press, April 10, 1970. Accessed March 29, 2025, via Newspapers.com. "Joe Williams of Rahway, one of the highest scoring gridders in New Jersey scholastic football history and a pro star for the last seven years, is the first player to sign with the newly formed Jersey Tigers of the Atlantic Coast League. Williams played for Rahway High School, the University of Iowa, and for Winnipeg in the Canadian League."