Daniel Davies (rugby league)

Daniel Davies
Personal information
Full name Daniel Davies
Nickname Dan
Born Wales
Playing information
Position Stand-off

Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
≤1910–≥10 Swinton
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1910 Other Nationalities 1 2 6

Daniel "Dan" Davies was a Welsh professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1910s, playing at representative level for Other Nationalities, and at club level for Swinton, as a stand-off/five-eighth, i.e. number 6.[1]

International honours

Dan Davies won a cap for Other Nationalities while at Swinton.[2]

Genealogical information

Dan Davies was the brother of the Llanelli RFC, Wales (RL) Swinton, Wales (soccer), and Bolton Wanderers footballer, David "Dai" Davies.

Outside of sport

Dan Davies served with his brother in the 2nd Salford battalion (Swinton Pals), the 19th Lancashire Fusiliers during World War I, and was discharged due to bronchitis contracted in the trenches.[3]

Note

Dan Davies played at Swinton in the same era as, but he was not related to, David B. Davies.

References

  1. ↑ Williams, Graham; Lush, Peter; Farrar, David (2009). The British Rugby League Records Book. London League. pp. 108–114. ISBN 978-1-903659-49-6.
  2. ↑ "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  3. ↑ "Dai Davies - All Round Sportsman". World War I Talk. 17 March 2010. Retrieved 22 November 2010.
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