Thomas Hollingdale

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Rev Thomas (Tom) Henry Hollingdale, AKC was a Church of England cleric and Welsh international rugby player.

Thomas Hollingdale was born in Waunarlwydd on 12th November 1900. He played his club rugby for Ammanford and Neath. He was capped six times for Wales in the late 1920s.^[1] The first of these caps was against the New South Wales Waratahs and is now treated as a full international.

He was employed in the local steel works and later as a policeman, before studying theology at King's College London, where he became an Associate of King's College (AKC). Following his ordination, he worked in the parish of Stratford in East London and from 1948 to 1959 he was vicar of St Peter's, Colchester - a living controlled by the Simeon trust. During this time he contributed articles to rugby magazines and other publications and was President of Colchester RFC.

He married Leah Williams in April 1921 at Swansea and they had three daughters - Joan, Mercia and Murial.

He died on 14th April 1978 in Hounslow.

[edit] References