Rickey Williams

Richard C. "Rickey" Williams (born March 12, 1957) is a retired American basketball player. Born in Buffalo, New York, he was a 6'1" 175 lb point guard and attended Long Beach State and the University of New Mexico.

Williams played for the NBA's Utah Jazz during the 1982–83 season, averaging 3.3 points, 0.9 rebounds and 0.8 assists per game. He was originally selected by the Jazz (then based in New Orleans as the New Orleans Jazz) with the 4th pick in the tenth round of the 1978 NBA draft.

In 2009 as The Buffalo News celebrated 50 years of All-Western New York (WNY) basketball selections, Williams, who was a 1973-74 All-WNY first team selection, was a fourth team selection for the All-time All-WNY team.