Jean Williams is a British professor in sport history and author specialising in women's history; sport and literature; sportswear and motorsport.^[1][2][3][4] Having previously taught English for a decade, Williams was a senior research fellow at the International Centre for Sport History and Culture, De Montfort University.^[5] She acted as a historical consultant to the National Football Museum, particularly for elections to the English Football Hall of Fame.^[6] Though mainly known for her work on women's football, Williams has produced a range of material on the history of sports and the social contexts of events. She is author of A Game For Rough Girls: A History of Women's Football in England (Routledge 2003) and A Beautiful Game: International Perspectives on Women's Football (Berg 2007) and a research monograph called A Contemporary History of Women’s Sport (Routledge Research, 2011).

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