Dave Williams (wide receiver)
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| Position | Wide receiver | ||||||||
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| Born | August 10, 1945 Cedar Rapids, Iowa, U.S. | ||||||||
| Died | June 19, 2024 (aged 78) Amelia Island, Florida, U.S. | ||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||
| Listed weight | 207 lb (94 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school | Lincoln (Tacoma, Washington) | ||||||||
| College | Washington | ||||||||
| NFL draft | 1967: 1st round, 16th overall pick | ||||||||
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David Laverne Williams (August 10, 1945 – June 19, 2024) was an American professional football player who was a wide receiver for 10 years in the National Football League (NFL) and the World Football League (WFL). He was the first player signed by the Seattle Seahawks in 1975.
Williams was an All-American for the Washington Huskies in football and track, as a decathlete. He was inducted into the Husky Hall of Fame in 2014.
Following his pro football career, Williams was an executive working in property management for more than four decades. He helped to establish a church on Kauai in 2001, which met in a tent until the North Shore Christian Church building was completed in 2014.