David Williams is a former Australian rules football

Australian rules football

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er who played for Melbourne

Melbourne Football Club

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 in the Victorian Football League

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 (VFL).

A forward from Rochester, Williams kicked nine goals against North Melbourne late in the 1986 VFL season

1986 VFL season

Results and statistics for the Victorian Football League season of 1986.- Awards :* The Brownlow Medal was awarded to both Greg Williams of the Sydney Swans and Robert "Dipper" DiPierdomenico of the Hawthorn Hawks...

 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. He however had his most successful season in 1987 when he kicked 39 goals and he bagged 33 more the following year. The second of those tallies included two of Melbourne's six goals in the 1988 VFL Grand Final

1988 VFL Grand Final

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, which he played as a half forward flanker. It was his last game for the club and he was traded to Richmond, but a knee injury ended his career.