| First: | RU |
| W. David John | |
| Fullname: | David John |
| Birth Place: | Wales |
| Death Place: | unknown |
| Weight: | 70kg (150lb) |
| Height: | 1.6m (05.2feet) |
| Ru Position: | Half-back |
| Ru Club1: | Penygraig RFC |
| Ru Year1start: | ≤1906 |
| Ru Year1end: | ≤06 |
| Club1: | Salford |
| Year1start: | ≤1906 |
| Year1end: | ≥13 |
| Teama: | Wales |
| Yearastart: | 1913 |
| Appearancesa: | 1 |
| New: | yes |
| Retired: | yes |
| Updated: | 14 June 2010 |
| Source: | [1] |
W. David "Dai" John (birth unknown – death unknown) was a Welsh rugby union and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1900s and 1910s. He played club level rugby union (RU) for Penygraig RFC, as a half-back, and representative level rugby league (RL) for Wales, and at club level for Salford, as a or, i.e. number 1 or, 6.[1] [2]
Dai John won a cap for Wales (RU) while at Salford in 1913.[1]
During Dai John's time there was Salford's 5-3 victory over Huddersfield in the Championship Final during the 1913–14 season.
Dai John played in Salford's 0-5 defeat by Bradford F.C. in the 1906 Challenge Cup Final during the 1905–06 season at Headingley Rugby Stadium, Leeds on Saturday 28 April 1906.[3]
Dai John originally played rugby union, turning out at half-back for Penygraig RFC in the Rhondda.[4] While still a teenager he switched codes to rugby league.[4] John was considered a "Probable" for the 1910 Great Britain Lions tour of Australia and New Zealand, but ultimately he was not selected for the tour.[5] Writing at the time in the Evening Express, their rugby league correspondent suggested that it was John's height, standing at 5 foot 3 inches, that cost him his place.[4]