Bobby Williams
Shortstop / Manager
Born: (1895-09-30)September 30, 1895 New Orleans
Died: December 30, 1978(1978-12-30) (aged 83) Pittsburgh
Batted: Right Threw: Right
debut
1917, for the Royal Poinciana
Last appearance
1948, for the Indianapolis Clowns
Teams
As Player Royal Poinciana (1917) Chicago American Giants (1918–1925), (1928) Homestead Grays (1926) Indianapolis ABCs (1926) Cleveland Tigers (1928) Lincoln Giants (1928) Bacharach Giants (1929) Pittsburgh Crawfords (1931–1932) Cleveland Red Sox (1934) Indianapolis Clowns (1948) As Manager Pittsburgh Crawfords (1931) Cleveland Red Sox (1934)

Bobby Lawns Williams (September 30, 1895 to December 30, 1978) was an American baseball shortstop in the Negro leagues. He attended New Orleans University, and played the first seven or eight years for the Chicago American Giants.^[1]

At age 57, Williams received votes listing him on the 1952 Pittsburgh Courier player-voted poll of the Negro leagues' best players ever.^[2]