Walter Ray Williams Jr. (born October 6, 1959) is an American professional bowler and competitive horseshoes pitcher.

He has won a record eight Bowling Writers Bowler of the Year awards and is also the all-time leading money winner on the PBA Tour.

[13] On September 24, 2006, Williams eclipsed Earl Anthony's career record of 41 PBA regular tour titles with his 42nd win at the Dydo Japan Cup over Pete Weber in a 289–236 single game pinfall.

Williams has been known as "Deadeye" in PBA fan circles,[1] but first got the nickname in horseshoes, when he threw 45 ringers out of a possible 50 in a junior tournament at the age of 10 years old.

In August 2008, Williams joined Team USA to participate in that year's FIQ World Men's Championships in Thailand.

[20][21][22] On March 17, 2021, Williams announced his retirement from the national PBA Tour after being eliminated from the Round of 8 in the final event of World Series of Bowling XII.

Williams made the three-game final, but he was denied the title when he fell, 705-628, to fellow PBA Hall of Famer Wayne Webb.

[30] At age 59, Williams opened the 2019 PBA50 season with three consecutive victories, including the PBA50 National Championship, giving him three majors among his 14 PBA50 Tour titles.

With a third place finish in the second-to-last event of the 2019 PBA50 Tour season, Williams clinched his third career PBA50 Player of the Year award.

The 708–655 victory over Michael Haugen Jr. in the three-game final at the PBA50 Lightning Strikes Open gave Williams the most PBA50 Tour titles of all time, with 15.

Williams swept every major PBA statistical category in the 2009–10 season, leading the tour in earnings ($152,670), average (222.89), match play appearances (15), and overall competition points.

[25] On his longevity and future plans, Williams said in 2009: As long as I feel good and stay competitive, I’ll keep on bowling.

On an ESPN telecast January 25, 2009, Nelson Burton Jr. noted that the voting was close, but Anthony reached the #1 spot primarily for having more major titles than Williams (ten to seven at the time).

"[38]On December 10, 2016, Williams made it to the final match of the PBA Shark Championship in Reno, NV.

A victory would have made Williams the oldest player (57 years, 65 days) to ever win a regular PBA Tour event, but he was defeated in the finals by Canadian François Lavoie.

John Handegard continues to hold the distinction as oldest PBA Tour champion at 57 years, 55 days.

At the River City Extreme Open in July 2019, he shot a 300 game in qualifying using the two-handed approach.

Williams graduated from Cal Poly Pomona in 1984 with a Bachelor of Science degree in physics and a minor in mathematics.

"[43] Williams and Paige Pennington, his first wife, lived in Oxford, FL, and adopted a daughter, Rebecca, in 2007.