Richard "Dickie" L. Williams (16 March 1925 – 26 March 1997) was a Welsh rugby union, and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s and 1950s. He played club level rugby union (RU) for Mountain Ash RFC and Bristol RUFC, and representative level rugby league (RL) for Great Britain and Wales, and at club level for Leeds and Hunslet, as a stand-off.[2]
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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) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Stand-off | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Background edit
Dickie Williams was born in Mountain Ash, Wales, and he died aged 72 in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.
Playing career edit
Dickie 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.[1]
Dickie Williams also represented Great Britain while at Hunslet between 1952 and 1956 against France (1 non-Test match).[3]
References edit
- ^ a b "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ Williams, Graham; Lush, Peter; Farrar, David (2009). The British Rugby League Records Book. London League. pp. 108–114. ISBN 978-1-903659-49-6.
- ^ Edgar, Harry (2007). Rugby League Journal Annual 2008 Page-110. Rugby League Journal Publishing. ISBN 0-9548355-3-0
External links edit
- (archived by web.archive.org) Profile at wales.rleague.com
- (archived by web.archive.org) Great Britain in Australia and New Zealand 1954
- (archived by web.archive.org) Britain hold out Kiwis at Odsal
- Photograph "A new ground record - The 1950 Challenge Cup Semi-final between Warrington and Leeds set a new attendance record for Odsal of 69,898. Warrington defeated Leeds in the game by 16 points to 4 - 01/01/1950" at rlhp.co.uk
- Photograph "Leeds' Odsal final hoodoo - Leeds and Barrow taking the field in the 1951 Challenge Cup Semi-final. The match ended in a 14 all draw with Barrow winning the replay at Fartown 28-13. - 01/01/1951" at rlhp.co.uk
