Cliff Williams (rugby, born 1939)
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Personal information | ||||||
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Full name | Clifford G. Williams | |||||
Nickname | Cliff | |||||
Born | 27 May 1939 Abercarn, Wales |
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Died | 2 February 2014 (aged 74) Leeds, West Yorkshire |
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Playing information | ||||||
Rugby union | ||||||
Position | Scrum-half | |||||
Club | ||||||
Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
≤1965–≤65 | Hafodyrynys RFC | |||||
≤1965–65 | Cross Keys RFC | 111 | 16 | |||
1965–66 | Newport RFC | 31 | 5 | |||
Total | 142 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Representative | ||||||
Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
1965 | Crawshays RFC | ≥1 | ||||
≤1966–66 | Monmouthshire County RFC | ≥1 | ||||
Rugby league | ||||||
Position | Scrum-half/Halfback | |||||
Club | ||||||
Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
1966–≥70 | Hunslet | 118 | 14 | 2 | ||
≤1973–≥73 | Batley | |||||
≤1974–≥74 | Swinton | |||||
Total | 118 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
Representative | ||||||
Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
1970 | Wales | 1 | ||||
Source: rugbyleagueproject.org |
Clifford G. Williams (27 May 1939[1] – 2 February 2014), born in Abercarn, was a Welsh rugby union and professional rugby league footballer of the 1960s and '70s, playing representative level rugby union (RU) for Monmouthshire County RFC, at invitational level for Crawshays RFC, and at club level Hafodyrynys RFC[1], Cross Keys RFC (Captain), and Newport RFC, as a Scrum-half, i.e. number 9, and playing representative level rugby league (RL) for Wales, and at club level for Hunslet, Batley, and Swinton, as a Scrum-half/Halfback, i.e. number 7,[2] he died in Leeds, his funeral took place at Lawnswood Cemetery, Leeds, and he is buried in his Hunslet team blazer in grave number-7 (coincidently his shirt number in rugby league) at Whinmoor Cemetery, Leeds.
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Playing career
International honours
Cliff Williams won a cap for Wales (RL) while at Hunslet in 1970.[3]
County honours
Cliff Williams played for Monmouthshire County RFC (RU) during 1966, his final game of rugby union was the victory over Glamorgan County RFC.
Invitational honours
Cliff Williams played for Crawshays RFC (RU) during 1965.
Club career
Cliff Williams was signed by Newport RFC as a replacement for Bob Prosser (who had joined rugby league club St. Helens), Cliff Williams made his début for Newport RFC against Wasps RFC on Saturday 23 October 1965, he joined Hunslet on Friday 27 May 1966.
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- Infobox rugby league biography templates needing updating
- 1939 births
- 2014 deaths
- Batley Bulldogs players
- Crawshays RFC players
- Cross Keys RFC players
- Hafodyrynys RFC players
- Hunslet F.C. (rugby league) players
- Monmouthshire County RFC players
- Newport RFC players
- Rugby league halfbacks
- Rugby union scrum-halves
- Swinton Lions players
- Wales national rugby league team players
- Welsh rugby league players
- Welsh rugby union players