Don Devereux

Don Devereux

Full name	Donald Brian Devereux
Date of birth	18 October 1932(1932-10-18)
Place of birth	Neath, Wales[1]
Date of death	8 February 1995(1995-02-08) (aged 62)
Place of death	Resolven, Wales
Height	5 ft 9 in
Weight	13 st 8 lb
School	Glynneath School
University	St. Luke's College, Exeter
Occupation(s)	teacher
Rugby league career
Position	Prop forward,
Professional clubs
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
1958-1963	Huddersfield RLFC
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position	Prop
Amateur clubs
Years	Club / team
? ?-1958 ? ?	Glynneath RFC Neath RFC London Welsh RFC Exeter Chiefs
National team(s)
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
1958	Wales[2]	3	(0)

Don Devereux (18 October, 1932 - 8 February 1995) was a Welsh international prop who played rugby union for Neath and rugby league for Huddersfield. He won three caps for the Wales rugby union team and also represented Wales at schools and youth level.

Rugby career

Devereux was born in Neath, but played for second class team Glynneath before moving to one of Wales's biggest clubs Neath. Devereux made his Wales debut against the 1958 touring Australian team, and the next year played in two games in the 1958 Five Nations Championship under the captaincy of Clem Thomas. Of the three games Devereux played he was never on the losing side, with Wales winning two of the matches, and drawing one against England. In 1958, Devereux ended his rugby union international career by switching to the professional rugby league team Huddersfield.

Devereux returned to Wales in 1963 to take up a teaching post. He built a sound reputation as a schoolboy rugby coach, and later became coach of the Welsh Secondary Schools squad, but objections were raised regarding his past associations with rugby league and Devereux relinquished his role.^[3]

International matches played

Wales^[4]

•  Australia 1958
•  England 1958
•  Scotland 1958

Bibliography

• Smith, David; Williams, Gareth (1980). Fields of Praise: The Official History of The Welsh Rugby Union. Cardiff: University of Wales Press. ISBN 0708307663. 

References

1. ^ Ospreys player profiles
2. ^ Welsh Rugby Union player profiles
3. ^ Cleary, Mick; Rothmans Rugby Union Yearbook 1995-96, Headline Book Publishing, pg. 431 ISBN 0747278164
4. ^ Smith (1980), pg 465.

Persondata
Name	Devereux, Don
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	18 October 1932
Place of birth	Neath, Wales
Date of death	8 February 1995
Place of death	Resolven, Wales