Chester Mornay Williams

Chester Williams

Player information
Full name	Chester Mornay Williams
birthday	August 8, 1970
place of birth	Paarl , South Africa
date of death	September 6, 2019
Place of death	Cape Town , South Africa
size	1.72 m
society
society	Career ended
position	Winger
Clubs as active
Years	society	Games (points)
1991-1998	Western Province	63 ()
1999	Golden Lions	()
1999-2000	Cats	()
National team
Years	National team	Games (points)
1993-1998	South Africa 7 series	()
1993-2000	South Africa	27 (70)
Coaching stations
Years	Association / Province / Franchise
2001-2003	South Africa 7 series
2004-2005	Cats
2006	Uganda
2006-2007	Mpumalanga Pumas
2007–2012	Tunisia
2012-2013	Timișoara Saracens

Chester Mornay Williams (born August 8, 1970 in Paarl , † September 6, 2019 in Cape Town ) was a South African rugby union player and coach.

Live and act

After the end of apartheid, Chester Williams was the first dark-skinned national player of the South African rugby union team and a member of the team that first won the World Cup in 1995 in their own country . In the quarterfinals he put four attempts against the Westsamoas team . He also played in the South African national rugby team of seven . In South Africa, Williams played for the Western Province and the Golden Lions . In super rugby he played for the cats . After his playing career, he became the coach of the South African national team of seven. Chester Williams died of a myocardial infarction on September 6, 2019 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Chester Williams mourned from Japan. In: sarugby.co.za. September 7, 2019, accessed on September 9, 2019 . 
2. ↑ South African rugby pioneer Chester Williams has died. In: deutschlandfunk.de . September 8, 2019, accessed September 9, 2019 . 
3. ↑ Chester Williams, South Africa's 1995 Rugby World Cup hero, dies aged 49. In: theguardian.com . September 6, 2019, accessed September 9, 2019 .