Fred M. Williams (July 28, 1896 – February 27, 1937[1]) was an All-American college basketball player for the University of Missouri.

In his junior season of 1915–16, Williams emerged as the team's leader, pacing the Tigers to a 12–3 record and becoming the program's first All-American and was called "undoubtedly the best individual player in the Missouri Valley Conference, if not the west" by league beat writers.

The next season, Williams captained the 12–4 team to a second straight MVC runner-up finish.

[3] Following his college career, Williams managed and played for Lowe & Campbell in the Amateur Athletic Union alongside his brother George, winning the 1922 AAU championship.

[3][4] Williams was killed the age of 40 in an auto collision with a transport truck near Excelsior Springs, Missouri.