Robert Williams (1886–1969) was a pioneer Australian rugby league footballer for the Eastern Suburbs club.

Williams, a dock worker from Woolloomooloo, had a distinguished career with the Eastern Suburbs club.

The rugby union convert played in 118 matches for the Tri-colours in ten seasons over the years 1910–18 and 1920.

[2] Williams, or 'Botsy' as he was better known, won premierships with Eastern Suburbs in 1911, 1912 and 1913, taking out rugby league's first permanent trophy - the RAS shield.

This rugby league football biography relating to an Australian born in the 1880s is a stub.