Dickie Williams Rugby player
Richard "Dickie" L. Williams (16 March 1925 — 26 March 1997 (aged 72)) born in Mountain Ash, 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, he died in Leeds.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.Dickie Williams also represented Great Britain while at Hunslet between 1952 and 1956 against France (1 non-Test match).
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- http://wales.rleague.com/profiles/dickie.php
- http://www.englandrl.co.uk/international_stats.php
- http://www.rlhalloffame.org.uk/tour54.htm
- http://www.rugbyleague.org/features/content.php?feat_id=262&featcat_id=32
- http://www.rugbyleagueheritageproject.com/imagedetail.asp?id=1086
- http://www.rugbyleagueheritageproject.com/imagedetail.asp?id=1087
- http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/Dickie_Williams.html
- http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/all.html