Neil Williams (water polo)
Appearance
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Full name | Charles Neil Williams | ||||||||||||||
Born | 15 November 1918 | ||||||||||||||
Died | 12 January 1998 Mosgiel, New Zealand | (aged 79)||||||||||||||
Relative | Wally Williams (brother) | ||||||||||||||
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Country | New Zealand | ||||||||||||||
Sport | Water polo | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Charles Neil Williams (15 November 1918 – 12 January 1998) was a New Zealand water polo player.
At the 1950 British Empire Games he won the silver medal as part of the men's water polo team.[1]
A retired firefighter, Williams died in Mosgiel on 12 January 1998, and his ashes were buried at Green Park Cemetery.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Neil Williams". New Zealand Olympic Committee. 2018. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
- ^ "Cemeteries search". Dunedin City Council. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
Categories:
- 1918 births
- 1998 deaths
- Sportspeople from Dunedin
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for New Zealand
- New Zealand male water polo players
- Water polo players at the 1950 British Empire Games
- Burials at Green Park Cemetery
- New Zealand firefighters
- 20th-century New Zealand sportsmen
- New Zealand water polo biography stubs