Dickie Williams
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| Full name | Richard L. Williams | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 16 March 1925 Mountain Ash, Wales | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 26 March 1997 (aged 72) Leeds, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Weight | 13 st 0 lb (83 kg; 182 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Stand-off/Five-eighth | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Richard "Dickie" L. Williams (16 March 1925 – 26 March 1997 (aged 72)) born in Mountain Ash, was a Welsh rugby union and professional rugby league footballer of the 1940s and 1950s, playing club level rugby union (RU) for Mountain Ash RFC, and Bristol RUFC, and playing representative level rugby league (RL) for Great Britain, and Wales, and at club level for Leeds, and Hunslet, as a Stand-off/Five-eighth, i.e. number 6,[1] he died in Leeds.
Williams won 13 caps for Wales (RL) in 1947–1953 while at Leeds, and also won 12 caps for Great Britain (RL) in 1948–1954 while at Leeds.[2]
Dickie Williams also represented Great Britain while at Hunslet between 1952 and 1956 against France (1 non-Test match).[3]
References
- ^ Williams, Graham; Lush, Peter; Farrar, David (2009). The British Rugby League Records Book. London League. pp. 108–114. ISBN 978-1-903659-49-6.
- ^ "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
- ^ Edgar, Harry (2007). Rugby League Journal Annual 2008 Page-110. Rugby League Journal Publishing. ISBN 0-9548355-3-0
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Categories:
- 1925 births
- 1997 deaths
- Bristol Rugby players
- Footballers who switched code
- Great Britain national rugby league team players
- Hunslet F.C. (rugby league) players
- Leeds Rhinos players
- Mountain Ash RFC players
- People from Mountain Ash, Wales
- Rugby league five-eighths
- Wales national rugby league team players
- Welsh rugby league players
- Welsh rugby union players