Josh Williams (Australian footballer)
{{Short description|Australian rules footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2017}}
{{Use Australian English|date=July 2017}}
{{Infobox AFL biography
| name = Josh Williams
| image =
| fullname = Josh Williams
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1998|06|12|df=y}}
| birth_place =
| death_date =
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| originalteam = Hermit Park Tigers (AFLT)
| draftpick = No. 36, 2016 national draft
| debutdate = Round 18, 2017
| debutteam = {{AFL NM}}
| debutopponent = {{AFL Ess}}
| debutstadium = Etihad Stadium
| height = 191 cm
| weight = 80 kg
| position = Midfielder/Forward
| years1 = 2017–2018
| club1 = {{AFL NM}}
| games_goals1 = 2 (1)
| statsend = 2018
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Josh Williams (born 12 June 1998) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the North Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).
Early life
Williams was raised in Townsville and played with the Hermit Park Tigers in the Townsville Australian Football League. He was identified as an AFL prospect and signed to the Gold Coast Suns Academy as a teenager.
He was drafted by North Melbourne with their third selection and thirty-sixth overall in the 2016 national draft.{{cite news|url=http://www.townsvillebulletin.com.au/sport/townsvilles-josh-williams-picked-up-by-north-melbourne-in-afl-draft/news-story/9cae0d93c7ef92643bc8dda90c3ea6ba|title=Townsville's Josh Williams picked up by North Melbourne in AFL draft|last=Slatter|first=Trent|date=28 November 2016|work=Townsville Bulletin|publisher=News Corp Australia|access-date=26 July 2017}} He made his debut in the twenty-seven point loss to {{AFL Ess}} at Etihad Stadium in round eighteen of the 2017 season as a late inclusion for Robbie Tarrant.{{cite news|url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/teams/north-melbourne/north-melbournes-josh-williams-had-only-40-minutes-to-prepare-for-his-afl-debut/news-story/ae3bcb846659f65762ebcfe0a3a1706b|title=North Melbourne's Josh Williams had only 40 minutes to prepare for his AFL debut|last=Windley|first=Matt|date=22 July 2017|work=Herald Sun|publisher=News Corp Australia|access-date=26 July 2017}} He was delisted at the end of the 2018 season.
For 2019-20 he played for the Southport Sharks in the North East Australian Football League which later merged with the Victorian Football League from 2021 onwards.{{cite news|last=Webster|first=Jess|date=8 November 2018|title=Delisted Roo Josh Williams to join premier Southport|work=North East Australian Football League|publisher=AFL Media|url=http://neafl.com.au/delisted-roo-josh-williams-to-join-premier-southport/|url-status=dead|access-date=6 May 2019|archive-date=6 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190506050355/http://neafl.com.au/delisted-roo-josh-williams-to-join-premier-southport/}}
References
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External links
- {{NMplayer}}
- {{AFL Tables|ref=J/Josh_Williams.html}}
{{2016 AFL national draft}}
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Category:North Melbourne Football Club players
Category:Werribee Football Club players
Category:Southport Australian Football Club players
Category:Australian rules footballers from Queensland
Category:21st-century Australian sportsmen
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