Bryn Goldswain | |
Fullname: | Brynley Vernon Goldswain |
Birth Date: | 3 August 1922 |
Birth Place: | Merthyr Tydfil, Wales |
First: | RU |
Ru Club1: | Neath RFC |
Ru Year1start: | 193? |
Year1start: | ≤1947 |
Year1end: | 49 |
Appearances1: | 122 |
Tries1: | 19 |
Goals1: | 9 |
Fieldgoals1: | 0 |
Points1: | 75 |
Club2: | Oldham |
Year2start: | 1949 |
Year2end: | 56 |
Appearances2: | 228 |
Tries2: | 21 |
Goals2: | 142 |
Fieldgoals2: | 0 |
Points2: | 347 |
Club3: | Doncaster |
Year3start: | 1959/60 |
Appearances3: | 4 |
Tries3: | 0 |
Goals3: | 0 |
Fieldgoals3: | 0 |
Points3: | 0 |
Teama: | Wales |
Yearastart: | 1947 |
Yearaend: | 53 |
Appearancesa: | 16 |
Teamb: | Other Nationalities |
Yearbstart: | 1955 |
Appearancesb: | 1 |
Retired: | yes |
Updated: | 8 May 2024 |
Source: | [1] |
New: | yes |
Brynley Vernon Goldswain (3 August 1922 – 24 April 1983) was a Welsh professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s and 1950s. He played at representative level for Wales and Other Nationalities, and at club level for Hull Kingston Rovers, Oldham,[2] and Doncaster,[3] as a .[4]
Goldswain won caps for Wales while at Hull Kingston Rovers, and Oldham 1947–1953 16-caps, and won a cap for Other Nationalities while at Oldham in 1955.[1]
About Goldswain's time, there was Oldham's 2-12 defeat by Barrow in the 1954–55 Lancashire Cup Final during the 1954–55 season at Station Road, Swinton on Saturday 23 October 1954, and the 10-3 victory over St. Helens in the 1956–57 Lancashire Cup Final during the 1956–57 season at Station Road, Swinton on Saturday 20 October 1956.
Goldswain's taught boys' Physical education at Hollins Secondary Modern School, Lyndhurst Road, Oldham circa 1952-3.
Goldswain died on 24 April 1983 at the age of 60.[5]