Christopher O'Brien Rugby player
Christopher "Chris" O'Brien (born 16 November 1950 in Newtown, Cardiff) is a Welsh rugby union and professional rugby league footballer of the 1970s and '80s, playing club level rugby union (RU) for Fairwater RFC, and playing representative level rugby league (RL) for Wales, and at club level for Oldham, and Cardiff City (Bridgend) Blue Dragons. Starting his career across the back division, from Fullback to Wing, later playing at Second-row, i.e. number 11 or 12, during the era of contested scrums.