Aaron Rees Explained

Aaron Rees
Birth Date:2 August 1886
Birth Place:Maesteg, Glamorgan, Wales
Death Place:Swansea, Wales
Position:Wing-forward
Repyears1:1919
Repcaps1:1
Reppoints1:0

Aaron Rees (2 August 1886 — 22 January 1950) was a Welsh international rugby union player.[1]

Born in Maesteg, Rees captained his hometown club Maesteg RFC and gained a single Wales cap, as one of their forwards in the one-off match against the 1919 New Zealand Army team in Swansea.[2]

Rees was a mine worker at Navigation Colliery in his younger days and later worked in construction.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: They Played Rugby for Wales (2023 edition) . 11 May 2024 . Eric Lemon . 0645362662.
  2. News: Wales and New Zealand . . 14 April 1919.
  3. News: Late Mr. A. Rees, Pyle and Maesteg . The Glamorgan Gazette . 3 February 1950.