Billy Williams (rugby union, born 1929) explained

Billy Williams
Birth Date:23 November 1929
Ru Position:Prop
Ru Amateurclubs:Gowerton RFC
Swansea RFC
Devonport Services R.F.C.
Royal Navy
Barbarian F.C.
Ru Nationalteam:Wales
British Lions
Ru Nationalyears:1951–1956
1955
Ru Nationalcaps:22
4
Ru Nationalpoints:(3)
(0)
Occupation:Boilermaker
Steelworker

William Owen Gooding Williams (23 November 1929 – 19 March 2013) was a Welsh international rugby union player.[1] [2] A prop forward, he played club rugby for Gowerton, Swansea and the Royal Navy. At international level he represented Wales on 22 occasions and was chosen to represent the British Isles team on their 1955 tour of South Africa. On the 1955 British Isles tour, the all-Welsh front row of Billy Williams, Bryn Meredith and Courtney Meredith was selected for a Lions test match. This did not occur again until June 2009 when Gethin Jenkins, Adam Jones and Matthew Rees were selected as the British & Irish Lions front row for the 2nd Test against South Africa.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: BILLY WILLIAMS PASSES AWAY. Mugford. Byron. 4 April 2013. Swansea RFC website. 3 June 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20141226112105/http://www.swansearfc.co.uk/News/Article/24475. 26 December 2014. dead.
  2. http://www.espnscrum.com/wales/rugby/player/5390.html Billy William international profile