Johnny Williams

[Mike Odgers]

It has been announced that Plymouth argyle legend Johnny Williams died yesterday age 76

11 Seasons at Argyle 1955-66 and 3 at Bristol Rovers 66-69

he stepped down to South Western League football with Bodmin Town as player manager and then moved on to Falmouth Town 1973-76 as assistant player manager to Richard Gray

A wing half (No.4) scored many spectacular thunderbolts and played almost 500 league games

[Dave Deacon]

One of my first memories of watching Argyle! RIP

[Argyle Fan]

Never saw him play but from what I've read he truely was a legend in the real sense of the word.

[Mike Odgers]

My best memory is in 1962-63 when Johnny scored with one of his specials against West Ham 3-0 (including Bobby Moore & Geoff Hurst) in the F A cup.

The reward was to see my boyhood idol Jimmy Greaves of Spurs sink Argyle 1-5 in th 4th.Round before 40,000+ at Home Park

[view_from_the_stand]

i was there with you Mike,at both games,and we also saw Jimmy Greaves play against Argyle Res with over 10,000 fans there. Yes Johnny Williams was a great player in one of the best mid field Argyle have ever had,Williams Fincham Newman,Good days.

[Mike Odgers]

I didn't see the Reserve fixture but I remember Br.Rail laid on a Special Excursion from Penzance.

It was the first game on British soil for the return of Jimmy who had just been transferred to Tottenham from A C Milan for £99,999

Spurs Manager Bill Nicholson said no player is worth £100,000.

From memory after reading his biography he drove himself home across Europe in a sports car as he was so glad to get away from his unhappy time in Italy.

From the Argye handbook

Sat.9th.December 1962

Plymouth Argyle Res. 1 Tottenham Res 4 Attendance 12,907

Scorers Stuart Brace----- Aitchison,Smith,Greaves 2