Ted Williams (equestrian)
Edward F. Williams known as Ted Williams was one of the leading British show jumping riders in the 1950s and 1960s, especially with his horse Pegasus which was owned by Leonard and Nora Cawthraw of Wakefield.
Equestrian
In 1957, he won the Airedale Stakes, riding an Australian mare named Dumbbell, owned by Nora Cawthraw, at Odsal Stadium, Bradford. In a single trip to the United States and Canada in the same year, he won all three major Grand Prix and jumped 27 clear rounds on Pegasus.Other interests
He appeared as a castaway on the BBC Radio programme Desert Island Discs on 23 January 1961.Williams was mentioned in the House of Commons, on 28 February 1969, in a debate on Sunday trading.