John Williams (rugby union, born 1927)
| Full name | John Michael Williams | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 24 August 1927 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Penzance, Cornwall, England | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 6 September 2000 (aged 73) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Budock, Cornwall, England | ||||||||||||||||
| School | Rugby School | ||||||||||||||||
| University | University of Cambridge | ||||||||||||||||
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John Michael Williams (24 August 1927 – 6 September 2000) was an English international rugby union player.
Williams was born and raised in Penzance, Cornwall. He attended Rugby School.[1]
A hard-running centre, Williams gained a Cambridge blue in 1949 and was club captain of the Cornish Pirates. He was capped twice for England in the 1951 Five Nations, against Ireland at Lansdowne Road and Scotland at Twickenham.[2]
Williams was a solicitor turned industrialist and spent his later years living in Budock. He held the position of High Sheriff of Cornwall for 1990 and also served a period as President of Cornwall RFU.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Industrialist is new High Sheriff". West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser. 22 February 1990.
- ^ "John 'Ginger' Williams player at Penzance & Newlyn RFC - club history". www.pirates-rfc.co.uk.
- ^ "Former Pirate is CRFU chairman". The Cornishman. 4 July 1991.
External links
[edit]- John Williams at ESPNscrum