Edwin Lyall Williams (18 June 1906 – 2 October 1994) was a prominent Churches of Christ minister in Victoria and an Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
[7] A popular minister, he had the education and gift of expression to speak with depth and subtlety about big issues.
[8] In 1936 Williams accepted a call to the ministry of the Church of Christ at Ponsonby Road in Auckland, New Zealand.
[9] He returned to Australia to serve as Principal of the Church of Christ national college from 1945[10] to 1973.
Edwin Lyall Williams married Bertha Lila Brown (1910–1996) on 25 January 1930 and they had two sons and a daughter together.