Denzil Williams

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Denzil Williams
Rugby union career
Full name	Denzil Williams
Date of birth	(1938-10-17)17 October 1938
Place of birth	Trefil, Wales
Occupation(s)	steelworker
Playing career
Position	Prop
Amateur clubs
Years	Club / team
	Tredegar RFC Ebbw Vale RFC Vichy Barbarian F.C.
National team(s)
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
1963–1971 1966	Wales British Lions	36 5	(3) (0)

Denzil Williams (born 17 October 1938) is a former Wales international rugby union player.^[1] He was capped 36 times for Wales between 1963 and 1971, including Wales' first overseas tour in 1964. He played in the Welsh rugby team's first match outside Europe and its first in the Southern Hemisphere; played against East Africa in Nairobi on 12 May 1964, Wales winning 8-26. He was also selected fives times for the British and Irish Lions in 1966.^[1] His first international match was in the Five Nations tournament on 19 January 1963. Williams also played club rugby for Ebbw Vale.

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 "Denzil Williams". ESPNscrum. Retrieved 15 March 2010.

v t e British and Irish Lions – 1966 Australia and New Zealand tour

Forwards	Campbell-Lamerton (c) Grant Kennedy Laidlaw Lamont McBride McLoughlin Murphy Norris Pask Powell Price Prothero Telfer Thomas Williams

Backs	Bebb Bresnihan Gibson Hinshelwood Jones Lewis McFadyean Price Rutherford Savage Walsh D. Watkins S. Watkins Weston Wilson Young

Coach	Robins

Persondata
Name	Williams, Denzil
Alternative names
Short description	Welsh rugby union player
Date of birth	17 October 1938
Place of birth	Trefil, Wales
Date of death
Place of death

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