Fenton Coles
| Birth name | Fenton George Coles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 14 September 1937 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Blaenavon, Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 77 kg (12 st 2 lb)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Blaenavon Secondary | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Fenton George Coles (born 14 September 1937)[2] was a Welsh rugby union player. A wing, Coles played club rugby initially for his home town club of Blaenavon before switching to Pontypool RFC. In 1960 he was part of a joint Cross Keys/Pontypool team to face a touring South Africa team and that year saw Coles selected for Wales playing three games in the 1960 Five Nations Championship. During the 1964-65 season he was made captain of the Pontypool first team.[3]
Notes
- ^ a b "Pontypool player statistics: Fenton Coles". pontypoolrugby.co.uk. Retrieved 27 March 2013.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Fenton Coles player profile Scrum.com
- ^ Jenkins, John M.; et al. (1991). Who's Who of Welsh International Rugby Players. Wrexham: Bridge Books. p. 31. ISBN 1-872424-10-4.