- Denzil Williams
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Denzil Williams Full name Denzil Williams Date of birth 17 October 1938 Place of birth Trefil, Wales Occupation(s) steelworker Rugby union career Playing career Position Prop Amateur clubs Years Club / team Tredegar RFC
Ebbw Vale RFC
Vichy
Barbarian F.C.National team(s) Years Club / team Caps (points) 1963–1971
1966Wales
British Lions36
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(0)Denzil Williams (born 17 October 1938) is a former Wales international rugby union player.[1] He was capped 36 times for Wales between 1963 and 1971, including Wales' first overseas tour in 1964. He played in the Welsh rugby team's first match outside of Europe and its first in the Southern Hemisphere; played against East Africa in Nairobi on 12 May 1964, Wales winning 8-26. He was also selected fives times for the British and Irish Lions in 1966.[1] His first international match was in the Five Nations tournament on 19 January 1963. Williams also played club rugby for Ebbw Vale.
References
- ^ a b "Denzil Williams". ESPNscrum. http://www.scrum.com/wales/rugby/player/6770.html. Retrieved 15 March 2010.
British and Irish Lions – 1966 Australia and New Zealand tour Forwards Backs Bebb · Bresnihan · Gibson · Hinshelwood · Jones · Lewis · McFadyean · Price · Rutherford · Savage · Walsh · D. Watkins · S. Watkins · Weston · Wilson · YoungCoach Categories:- 1938 births
- Welsh rugby union players
- British and Irish Lions rugby union players from Wales
- Wales international rugby union players
- Ebbw Vale RFC players
- Tredegar RFC players
- Barbarian F.C. players
- Living people
- Rugby union props
- Welsh rugby union biography stubs
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