'He was an incredible young man with a kind heart and great sense of humour. 'Tom was an integral part of our team and a natural leader – always putting himself forward to help, and setting the standards for others. 'We want to send all of our love and support to Tom's family, friends and teammates during this devastating and unimaginably painful time. They wrote in a tribute: 'On behalf of OddBalls and The Oddballs Foundation, we inform you with deep sadness, that Tom Miller, our Nottingham Trent University Ambassador, tragically passed away on Monday 7th December. Oddballs described his death as 'devastating and unimaginably painful' and called him 'an incredible young man'.Ī Just Giving page to raise money for Oddballs in Tom's name has received more than £30,000 in donations so far Please consider talking about organ donation with your loved ones.' 'Luckily as a family we knew Tom's wishes of organ donation and were able to help him do this one last kindness. The money raised will fund another ambassador to assist the Foundation. 'To honour him we'd like to raise funds to continue his work at Oddballs, a charity for which he was an ambassador. His mother wrote on the page: 'The world lost a beautiful, funny, kind and generous soul on 7th December from a head injury. Tom's family also revealed that they were able to fulfill his wishes to be an organ donor and 'help him do this one last kindness'. His family set up a JustGiving page after his death to raise money for Oddballs in Tom's name, and have received more than £30,000 in donations so far. I've always thought that you could tell someone by the people who turn up at their funeral and the legacy that they leave behind. 'It's unbelievable seeing the JustGiving page. It was a shame that coronavirus messed up some plans as schools had to cancel large events they had organised. 'He got stuck into it and was really making a difference. Oddballs selected him to be an ambassador and he was working on targets and helping explain to people what testicular cancer was. Mr Miller added: 'I was very proud of all of his charity work. Oddballs described his death as 'devastating and unimaginably painful' and called him 'an incredible young man' The 24-year-old, who played fly-half for his university rugby team, was also selected to be an ambassador for the charity Oddballs where he helped raise awareness for testicular cancer. He wanted to live deep and suck out all of the marrow of life.' He's instilled a special attitude on people. That school had a lot to do with the making of the man. 'Before university, he went to Royal Hospital School in Holbrook. There are great stories told and it's a brilliant laugh. 'The friendship group has just grown and grown. He was actually meant to start six months earlier. His masters was delayed because of coronavirus. Mr Miller said: 'At university he really enjoyed his time there. Tom had been studying for his masters at Nottingham Trent University but due to the coronavirus pandemic saw his course delayed by six months. His friendship group is just so big and it's the mark of the man.' The legacy that he left is beyond our expectation. We're close family and we're all going to miss him so much. On 11 November 2020 it was announced his loan with Leicester had been extended for the 2020–21 Premiership Rugby season.'We're all desperately heart achingly proud of him. In July 2020 Williams re-joined Leicester on loan to complete the 2019–20 Premiership Rugby season, he made his debut against Exeter Chiefs in the first game of the resumed season and scored the only try in Leicester's &win against London Irish. In 2016 he returned to England to sign with second division Nottingham and complete his degree at Nottingham Trent University. Williams believes that pineapple does indeed belong on pizza. He joined Ebbw Vale in the Welsh Premier Division for the 2015/16 season, scoring twice as Vale won the title against Pontypridd. In 2012 he joined Leicester Tigers academy, Williams featured in the Premiership Rugby Sevens Series in 2013, and 2014. īorn in Leicester, Williams was raised locally attending Lancaster Boys School and Wyggeston and Queen Elizabeth I College. David Christopher Williams (born 8 December 1995) is an English professional rugby union player for Leicester Tigers in Premiership Rugby, on loan from Nottingham in the RFU Championship.
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