| Birth Place: | Pine Falls, Manitoba, Canada |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 0 |
| Weight Lb: | 185 |
| Position: | Right wing |
| Shoots: | Right |
| Draft: | 70th overall |
| Draft Year: | 1982 |
| Draft Team: | Chicago Black Hawks |
| Career Start: | 1985 |
| Career End: | 1989 |
William Charles Watson (born March 30, 1964) is a Canadian former ice hockey player. Watson won the Hobey Baker Award in 1985 while playing for the University of Minnesota Duluth. He would go to play professionally in the National Hockey League for the Chicago Blackhawks.
| Award | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| All-WCHA First Team | 1983–84 | [1] |
| AHCA West First-Team All-American | 1983–84 | [2] |
| All-WCHA First Team | 1984–85 | [3] |
| AHCA West First-Team All-American | 1984–85 | [4] |
| All-NCAA All-Tournament Team | 1985 | [5] |
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1980–81 | Prince Albert Raiders | SJHL | 54 | 30 | 39 | 69 | 27 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1981–82 | Prince Albert Raiders | SJHL | 47 | 43 | 41 | 84 | 37 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1982–83 | University of Minnesota Duluth | WCHA | 22 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1983–84 | University of Minnesota Duluth | WCHA | 40 | 35 | 51 | 86 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1984–85 | University of Minnesota Duluth | WCHA | 46 | 49 | 60 | 109 | 46 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1985–86 | Chicago Black Hawks | NHL | 52 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1986–87 | Chicago Blackhawks | NHL | 51 | 13 | 19 | 32 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1987–88 | Chicago Blackhawks | NHL | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1987–88 | Saginaw Hawks | IHL | 35 | 15 | 20 | 35 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1988–89 | Chicago Blackhawks | NHL | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1988–89 | Saginaw Hawks | IHL | 42 | 26 | 24 | 50 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| NHL totals | 115 | 23 | 36 | 59 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||||