Career
He also played for West Adelaide in the SANFL for the entire 1980s. VFL
Street Kilda recruited Williams from VFA club Prahran and he played eight games in the 1977 VFL season. He left Street Kilda at the end of the year and crossed to Fitzroy but failed to make the seniors again, spending two years with Fitzroy"s reserves.
SANFL
Williams moved to South Australia in 1980 where he joined West Adelaide and would be a regular fixture in their side for the rest of the decade.
He started the 1983 SANFL Grand Final in the Forward pocket and had stints in the ruck throughout the game. During the second quarter of the game at Football Park Williams dislocated the Ring finger on his left hand which was said to be "at right angles to where it should be".
Williams is regarded as having his best game of club football in Round 21 of the 1982 season when West Adelaide defeated Sturt by 2 points at the Adelaide Oval. By the end of the match Davies had failed to take a mark opposed to Williams who played from in front of the "Jumbo Prince" and didn"t give an inch in body contests.
Foreign his efforts Williams was judged best on ground.
Craig Williams retired following the 1989 SANFL season in which West Adelaide failed to make the finals. He played a total of 160 games for The Bloods and kicked 50 goals. This performance also saw Williams selected as an All-Australian that year.
