Charlie Williams Football player

Charles Adolphus Williams MBE (23 December 1927—2 September 2006) was a mixed-race English professional footballer (one of the first black players in British football after the Second World War), and later became Britain's first well-known black stand-up comedian.He became famous from his appearances on Granada Television's The Comedians and ATV's The Golden Shot, delivering his catchphrase, "me old flower" in his broad Yorkshire accent.

Personal facts

Birth dateDecember 23, 1927
Birth place
England , United Kingdom , Yorkshire , Royston South Yorkshire , Barnsley , West Riding of Yorkshire
Date of deathSeptember 02, 2006

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Football player

position
Defender (association football)
teams
Doncaster Rovers F.C.
Skegness Town A.F.C.

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