Craig Williams (Australian footballer)
Craig Williams (born 14 August 1954) is a former Australian rules footballer who played a season with St Kilda in the VFL. He also played for West Adelaide in the SANFL for the entire 1980s.
Career
VFL
St Kilda recruited Williams from VFA club Prahran and he played eight games in the 1977 VFL season. He left St Kilda at the end of the year and crossed to Fitzroy but failed to make the seniors again, spending two years with Fitzroy's reserves.
SANFL
Williams moved to South Australia in 1980 where he joined West Adelaide and would be a regular fixture in their side for the rest of the decade. Under legendary coach Neil Kerley, Williams was a member of West's 1983 premiership side that defeated Sturt. He started the 1983 SANFL Grand Final in the Forward pocket and had stints in the ruck throughout the game. During the second quarter of the game at Football Park Williams dislocated the Ring finger on his left hand which was said to be "at right angles to where it should be". Despite this, Williams returned to the game in the 2nd half and helped The Bloods win their first (and so far only) premiership since 1961.