- Thomas Hollingdale
Infobox Rugby biography
name = Tom Hollingdale
caption =
birthname = Thomas Henry Hollingdale
nickname =
birthyear = 1900
birthmonth = 11
birthday = 12
placeofbirth =Waunarlwydd ,Wales
deathyear = 1978
deathmonth = 04
deathday = 14
placeofdeath =Hounslow ,England
height =
weight =
ru_position = Forward
ru_amateuryears =
ru_amateurclubs =Ammanford RFC Neath RFC
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ru_nationalteam = Wales [ [http://www.wru.co.uk/12750_14256.php?player=26026&includeref=dynamic Welsh rugby union player profiles] ]
ru_nationalyears = 1927-1930
ru_nationalcaps = 6
ru_nationalpoints = (0)
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occupation = cleric
spouse =
children =
relatives =Bert Hollingdale (brother)
school =
university =
url =The Rev Thomas (Tom) Henry Hollingdale, AKC was a Church of England cleric and Welsh international rugby player.Thomas Hollingdale was born in
Waunarlwydd on12 November 1900 . He played his club rugby for Ammanford and Neath. He was capped six times for Wales in the late 1920s. ["Fields of Praise, The Official History of the Welsh Rugby Union 1881-1981" p467, David Smith, Gareth Williams (1980)] The first of these caps was against the New South Wales Waratahs which is now treated as a full international.He was employed in the local steel works and later as a policeman, before studying theology at
King's College London , where he became anAssociate of King's College (AKC). Following his ordination, he worked in the parish of Stratford in East London and from 1948 to 1959 he was vicar of St Peter's,Colchester - a living controlled by the Simeon trust. During this time he contributed articles to rugby magazines and other publications and was President of Colchester RFC.He married Leah Williams in April 1921 at Swansea and they had three daughters - Joan, Mercia and Murial.
He died on
14 April 1978 in Hounslow.References
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