Williams featured for clubs Arsenal, Carlisle United, Huddersfield Town, Middlesbrough, Rotherham County and Stoke City in his playing career.
[1] Williams was an outside forward who started out with his hometown club Rotherham County, for whom he played over a hundred games.
On his return to England in September 1929 he moved to Arsenal, being signed by his former boss at Huddersfield Herbert Chapman.
[3] Williams played sixteen times in the 1929–30 season, and helped Arsenal on their run to the 1930 FA Cup final.
These came as an understudy to Joe Hulme and Cliff Bastin who had established themselves as first-choice wingers, and he thus missed out on a third Championship medal.