Gwyn Richards Rugby player
Ernest Gwyn Richards (22 December 1905 — 17 December 1985 (aged 79)) born in Bryncethin, was a Welsh rugby union and professional rugby league footballer of the 1920s and '30s, playing representative level rugby union (RU) for Wales, and at club level for Cardiff RFC, as a Fly-half, i.e. number 10, and playing club level rugby league (RL) for Huddersfield, he died in Bridgend.