Len Davies (rugby union) explained

Len Davies
Full Name:Leonard Morris Davies
Birth Date:29 December 1930
Birth Place:Bynea, Wales
Death Place:Morriston, Swansea, Wales
Relatives:Terry Davies (brother)
Position:Wing-forward
Repyears1:1954–55
Repcaps1:3
Reppoints1:0

Leonard Morris Davies (29 December 1930 — 23 September 1957) was a Welsh international rugby union player.

Biography

Born in Bynea, Davies was the elder brother of Wales and British Lions fullback Terry Davies.[1]

Davies played for Llanelli and was a specialist blindside wing-forward. He was capped three times for Wales, making his debut in a win over France at Cardiff Arms Park during their 1954 Five Nations campaign.[2]

After gaining his third cap against Ireland in 1955, Davies withdrew from the side to travel to Paris, having been said to be suffering from bronchitis.[3] He remained in ill health over the next years and died at a hospital in Morriston in 1957.[4]

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: Rugby star dies at 27 . . 24 September 1957.
  2. News: Wales pack gave a grand display . . 29 March 1954.
  3. News: Len Davies Out Of Welsh XV . Western Mail . 24 March 1955.
  4. News: Len Davies dies at 27 . . 24 September 1957.