Eric Williams (speedway rider)

William Eric Williams (17 November 1927 – 24 July 2009) was a motorcycle speedway rider from Wales. With no Welsh team to represent, he earned 23 international caps for the England national speedway team.

Speedway career
Williams was a leading speedway rider in the 1950s. He reached the final of the Speedway World Championship on three occasions in the 1951 Individual Speedway World Championship, 1953 Individual Speedway World Championship and 1955 Individual Speedway World Championship.

Williams rode in the top tier of British Speedway, riding primarily for Wembley Lions, where he achieved great success as part of the Wembley team that dominated British speedway from 1950 to 1953. With them he won three National League titles, a national Trophy and three London Cups. He also averaged 9.66 and 9.79 in 1953 and 1954 respectively.

Individual World Championship

 * 1951 – 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 London, Wembley Stadium – 12th - 6pts
 * 1953 – 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 London, Wembley Stadium – 13th - 4pts
 * 1955 – 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 London, Wembley Stadium – 4th - 12+1pts

Family
His two brothers, Freddie Williams and Ian Williams were also speedway riders, Freddie was a double World champion.