John Williams (born 17 July 1947) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon and Collingwood in the VFL.
A defender, Williams played his best football in the early 1970s with Essendon.
He finished second in the club's 1971 best and fairest awards and was equal third in the 1972 Brownlow Medal count.
In 1972 he also represented Victoria at the Perth Carnival and earned All Australian selection.
This Australian rules football biography of a person born in the 1940s is a stub.