Leo Williams (ƙungiyar rugby)

**Leo Gerard Williams** AO RFD (14 May 1941 &#x2013; 14 October 2009) was an Australian rugby union official, who played for the Queensland Reds (1961&#x2013;1965), managed the team (1971&#x2013;1972) and also served as president of Queensland Rugby Union (1988&#x2013;1995), chairman of Australian Rugby Union (1994&#x2013;1996) and as a board member of Rugby World Cup (1995&#x2013;2000), eventually becoming chair (1997&#x2013;2000). As chair he oversaw the RWC 7s tournament in Hong Kong in 1997 and the 1999 Rugby World Cup won by the Australian Wallabies.

Williams ya yi makaranta a Kwalejin Nudgee kuma ya kasance kyaftin na ƙungiyar ninkaya kuma memba na First XV a shekararsa ta ƙarshe. Ya kammala karatunsa a shekarar 1958 kuma ya fara digirin fasaha/lauya a Jami'ar Queensland a shekarar 1959. Ya sami maki uku na jami'a a fannin ninkaya, wasan polo na ruwa da kuma wasan rugby bayan ya wakilci Jihar Queensland a dukkan wasanni uku a ƙarshen shekarun 1950 da farkon shekarun 1960. Ya kammala karatunsa a shekarar 1964.

Williams ya buga wasan rugby na kulob din Brisbane a Jami'ar Queensland Rugby Club inda ya lashe gasar Premier sau uku a shekarar 1962, 1964 da 1965. Ya kuma yi aiki a matsayin amintaccen kulob din kuma ya horar da kungiyoyin 'yan kasa da shekara 18 da 'yan kasa da shekara 19 a karshen shekarun 1960. Williams ya buga wasansa na farko a Queensland Reds da New Zealand All Blacks a wasan tsakiyar mako a shekarar 1961 yana dan shekara 21. Ya yi rangadin tare da kungiyar Queensland zuwa New Zealand (1962) da Fiji (1965). Ya kuma buga wasa da kungiyar rugby Springboks ta Afirka ta Kudu da ke yawon shakatawa a shekarar 1965. Ya yi ritaya daga wasan yana dan shekara 25 bayan kammala kakar wasan rugby ta 1965.

Williams lauya ne na kasuwanci ta hanyar kasuwanci wanda kuma ya yi nasara a harkokin kasuwanci kafin ya shiga harkokin gudanarwar rugby. Ya kafa kamfanin lauyoyi na Williams da Williams a shekarar 1966 tare da mahaifinsa Leo (Babban) kuma ya ba da shawara ga wasu kamfanoni a fannin hakar ma'adinai, kafofin watsa labarai da wasanni a tsawon shekarun 1960, 1970 da farkon shekarun 1980. Williams ya yi ritaya daga aikin lauya na cikakken lokaci a shekarar 1983 don mai da hankali kan harkokin kasuwancinsa. Ya ci gaba da kasancewa tare da masana'antar shari'a tsawon shekaru ashirin masu zuwa, yana aiki a matsayin mai ba da shawara a ofishin Brisbane na Freehills har zuwa lokacin mutuwarsa.

Sakamakon aikinsa na shari'a, an naɗa Williams a cikin wasu kwamitoci a shekarun 1970 da 1980, ciki har da zama shugaban gidan rediyo na Triple M Brisbane (4MMM) lokacin da aka kafa shi a 1980 bayan da Gwamnatin Jiha ta bayar da sabon lasisin rediyon FM ga masu son yin tayin. Leo da abokan hulɗa daga gidan rediyon 2MM na Sydney sune shugabannin ƙungiyar da ta yi nasara. A lokacin rediyon FM ba shine mafi rinjayen mitar da ake amfani da ita a duk faɗin masana'antar ba, amma amfani da sabbin fasahohi da dabarun tallatawa ya ƙara samun matsayi mai ƙarfi a kasuwar gida. Gidan rediyon ya canza sunansa zuwa FM104 kuma a wani lokaci a cikin shekarun 1980 ya sami sama da kashi 37% na masu sauraro na Brisbane. An sayar da kasuwancin ga Hoyts Entertainment a 1987, a lokacin mallakar Christopher Skase.

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