Charles Adolphus Williams, MBE (23 December 1927 – 2 September 2006) was an English professional footballer who was one of the first black players in British football after the Second World War, and later became Britain’s first well-known black stand-up comedian.

He became famous from his appearances on Granada Television’s The Comedians and ATV’s The Golden Shot, delivering his catchphrase, “me old flower” in his broad Yorkshire accent.

After leaving school aged 14 (when, according to his autobiography Ee-I’ve Had Some Laughs, his father died), Williams worked at Upton Colliery during the Second World War, a reserved occupation. He played football for the colliery team, before turning professional, and signing for Doncaster Rovers in 1948, having also considered York City and Nottingham Forest, aged 19. A centre-half, he played for the first team in 1950 and became the first Black player to represent Doncaster Rovers when he made his debut in a home game against Tranmere Rovers on 3rd May that year. He then remained in the reserves until 1955, when he became an established first team player for four years.

He played 171 times for Rovers in total, but scored only one goal, in a Second Division game away to Barnsley on 24 March 1956. In his own words, “I was never a fancy player, but I could stop them buggers that were. He ended his career with Skegness Town in the Midland League