Stuart Williams

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Stuart Williams (ten-pin bowling)

Stuart Williams, from Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, England, is one of the world's leading Ten-pin bowlers. He is one of the most active tour players in the sport. Williams, along with the store owner father Dave, runs a Ten-pin Bowling Pro-Shop at Chester Megabowl, called MCS Bowling . He is known to his followers by the nickname "Beef Stu".

Williams has 6 ETBF titles to his name, the "City of Barcelona" trophy in 2003 (This was his first ever European ranking event), the Brunswick Aalborg International in 2004 and the Ebonite Luxembourg Open in 2006.

Williams triumphed in the 2007 World Ranking Masters defeating Peter Ljung from Sweden 2-1 (233-236, 235-224, 269-240) in the best of 3 game final. Williams had qualified in 3rd position, and also eliminated David O'Sullivan (U.S.) in the quarter finals, and Thomas Gross (Austria) in the semi-finals.

On May 31, 2009, Williams earned an exemption for the U.S. PBA Tour by finishing 6th at the PBA Tour Trials in Allen Park, MI (USA). This made him the first bowler from the United Kingdom to compete full-time on the PBA Tour.

Stuart Williams (footballer)

Stuart Grenville Williams (9 July 1930 – 5 November 2013) was a Welsh international footballer who played as a defender. He played his club football for Wrexham, West Bromwich Albion and Southampton.

Club career

Wrexham

Williams was born in Wrexham and attended Acton Park School before moving to Grove Park Grammar School, who he represented at football. He also played football for the Victoria Youth Club whilst working for an insurance company. He joined Wrexham (where his father was a director) as an amateur in August 1949, making five league appearances before being signed by West Bromwich Albion in November 1950.

West Bromwich Albion

At West Bromwich, he made his debut as a centre-forward before switching, firstly to wing-half, before settling into the full-back position. In 1954, Williams helped West Bromwich to reach the runners-up position in the Football League and seemed certain to replace the injured Stan Rickaby in the FA Cup Final, but manager Vic Buckingham opted instead for the more experienced Joe Kennedy.