Dickie Williams

For other people of the same name, see Richard Williams.
Richard L. Williams
Personal information
Full name Richard L. Williams
Nickname Dickie
Born 16 March 1925(1925-03-16)
Mountain Ash, Wales
Died 26 March 1997(1997-03-26) (aged 72)
Leeds, England
Playing information
Weight 13 st 0 lb (83 kg; 182 lb)
Rugby union
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
Mountain Ash RFC
1943–1944 Bristol RUFC
Total 0 0 0 0 0
Rugby league
Position Stand-off/Five-eighth
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1948–1954 Great Britain 12 5 0 0 15
1947–1953 Wales 13 8 0 0 24
Source: rugbyleagueproject.org englandrl.co.uk

Richard "Dickie" L. Williams (born 16 March 1925(1925-03-16) in Mountain Ash — died 26 March 1997(1997-03-26) (aged 72) in Leeds) was a Welsh rugby union and professional rugby league footballer of the 1940s and '50s who at club level played rugby union (RU) for Mountain Ash RFC, and Bristol RUFC, and at representative level played rugby league (RL) for Great Britain, and Wales, and at club level for Leeds, and Hunslet, playing at Stand-off/Five-eighth, i.e. number 6.[1]

International honours

Dickie Williams won caps for Wales (RL) while at between Leeds 1947…1953 13-caps, and also won caps for Great Britain (RL) while at Leeds between 1948…1954 12-caps.[2]

Dickie Williams also represented Great Britain while at Hunslet between 1952 and 1956 against France (1 non-Test match).[3]

References

  1. ^ Graham Williams, Peter Lush, David Farrar (November 2009). "The British Rugby League Records Book [Page-108…114]". London League Publications Ltd. ISBN 978-1-903659-49-6
  2. ^ "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 2008-12-31. http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/Dickie_Williams/summary.html. Retrieved 2009-01-01. 
  3. ^ Edgar, Harry (2007). Rugby League Journal Annual 2008 Page-110. Rugby League Journal Publishing. ISBN 0954835530

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