Dickie Williams

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For the rugby union footballer of the 1880s, see Richard Garnons Williams. For the Australian rugby league footballer, see Richard Williams (rugby league).

Richard Williams
Personal information
Full name	Richard L. Williams
Nickname	Dickie
Born	16 March 1925 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
1943–44	Bristol RUFC
	Total	0	0	0	0	0
Rugby league
Position	Stand-off/Five-eighth
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
1944–54	Leeds
1954–55	Hunslet
	Total	0	0	0	0	0
Representative
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
1948–54	Great Britain	12	5	0	0	15
1947–53	Wales	13	8	0	0	24
As of 14 May 2012
Source: rugbyleagueproject.org englandrl.co.uk

Richard "Dickie" L. Williams (born 16 March 1925 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, playing club level rugby union (RU) for Mountain Ash RFC, and Bristol RUFC, and playing representative level rugby league (RL) for Great Britain, and Wales, and at club level for Leeds, and Hunslet, as a Stand-off/Five-eighth, i.e. number 6.^[1]

Williams won 13 caps for Wales (RL) in 1947–1953 while at Leeds, and also won 12 caps for Great Britain (RL) in 1948–1954 while at Leeds.^[2]

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

References

↑ Williams, Graham; Lush, Peter; Farrar, David (2009). The British Rugby League Records Book. London League. pp. 108–114. ISBN 978-1-903659-49-6.
↑ "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
↑ Edgar, Harry (2007). Rugby League Journal Annual 2008 Page-110. Rugby League Journal Publishing. ISBN 0-9548355-3-0

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Persondata
Name	Williams, Richard
Alternative names
Short description	Welsh rugby union and rugby league player
Date of birth	16 March 1925
Place of birth	Mountain Ash, Rhondda Cynon Taff
Date of death	26 March 1997
Place of death	Leeds

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