He was a prominent competitor of the early television era of professional wrestling, appearing on national telecasts for Fred Kohler's NWA Chicago territory.

[2] On March 3, 1945, the tour's plane crashed in France midway from England to Paris, resulting in the death of six wrestlers (George Mack, Jack Ross, Gerald "Kid" Chapman, Harold "Al" Sabath, Gaius W. Young and Ben Reuben) along with an additional ten inhabitants of the plane.

Williams returned to the United States soon after the tragedy and at the same month, headlined a Fred Kohler NWA Chicago event, the proceeds of which went to the children and widows of his colleagues who perished in the crash.

[5] During the 1940s and 50s, Williams was a prominent competitor in the early television era of professional wrestling, appearing on national telecasts for Fred Kohler's NWA Chicago territory.

Alongside his success as a singles competitor he also wrestled in the Chicago territory and throughout the Midwest as part of a prominent "roughneck" tag team with Rudy Kay.