Les Anthony
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| Full name | Leslie Anthony | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 21 November 1921 Rhiwfawr, Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | October 2010 (aged 88) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Prop | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: scrum.com | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Leslie "Les" Anthony (21 November 1921 – October 2010) was a Welsh rugby union and professional rugby league footballer of the 1940s and 1950s, playing representative level rugby union (RU) for Wales, and at club level for Neath RFC, as a Prop, i.e. number 1 or 3, and playing club level rugby league (RL) for Oldham.[1] He was born in Rhiwfawr.[2]
International honours
Anthony won caps for Wales (RU) while at Neath RFC in 1938 against England, Scotland, and France.[3]
References
- ^ Robert Gate (1986). "Gone North - Volume 1". R. E. Gate. ISBN 0-9511190-0-1
- ^ "Birth details at freebmd.org.uk". freebmd.org.uk. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
- ^ "Statistics at scrum.com". scrum.com. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.