Percival Joseph “Perc” Williamson

HERITAGE No: 534

BIRTH: 1933

Terranora, NSW

DEATH: 7 December 2010 Tweed Heads, NSW

DEATH: 7 December 2010

Tweed Heads, NSW

OCCUPATION: Bank Clerk 1958, 1963; Bank Manager 1968, 1972, 1977

RESIDENCE: Miles St Coolangatta, Queensland; Council St Newcastle, NSW, 1958; Comboyne St Kendall, NSW, 1963; Ferrier St Lockhart, NSW, 1968; Gordon St Inverell, NSW, 1972

GAME HISTORY

Tweed RL 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954
Group 1 RL Northern Zone (April) 1954
Group 1 RL (April) 1954
Macksville RL 1954
Rest of Group 2 RL (W Williamson) 1954
Group 2 RL 1954
Wests RL 3rdGrade 1955
Wests RL 2nd Grade 1955
Wests RL First Grade 1955
Mallanganee RL 1956, 1957?
South Newcastle RL 1958
Temora RL 1959, 1960, 1961
Riverina RL v Western Division RL
Country RL 2nds 1960

Perc

Perc Williamson was a Wests player from 1955, who appeared on team lists as P. Williamson, W. Williamson, and in one instance in a newspaper of the time, he appeared as “Bill” Williamson.

It was necessary to clearly identify this player so that his story could be told. Contributions were made by Wests Archives, Neil Pollock and posts on the Maher Cup Face Book site. Many contributors had either played with Perc or watched him play and were able to provide vital information.

Percival Joseph “Perc” Williamson was born in 1933 at Terranora in the Tweed district just south of the Queensland border. His father Reg Williamson was a returned Soldier and an Oyster Farmer who died in 1947 at a relatively young age.

Perc lived with his widowed mother in Coolangatta, just over the border in Queensland after his father’s death but all his football was played in NSW.