Bryn Howells
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| Full name | Bryn Howells | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 9 February 1911 Hendy, Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 6 June 1983 (aged 72) Llangyfelach, Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Fullback | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Bryn Howells (9 February 1911 – 6 June 1983) was a Welsh rugby union, and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1930s and 1940s. He played representative level rugby union (RU) for Wales, and at club level for Llanelli RFC, as a Fullback, and club level rugby league (RL) for Broughton Rangers.[1]
Background
[edit | edit source]Bryn Howells was born in Hendy, Wales, he was also a professional cricketer in the Lancashire League, he shared a house in Fallowfield with Frank Whitcombe when the two signed for rugby league club Broughton Rangers, and he died in aged 72 in Llangyfelach, Wales.
International honours
[edit | edit source]Bryn Howells won a cap for Wales (RU) while at Llanelli RFC in 1934 against England.[2]
Notable tour matches
[edit | edit source]Bryn Howells played Fullback in Llanelli RFC’s 0-9 defeat by South Africa in the tour match at Stradey Park on 24 November 1931.
References
[edit | edit source]External links
[edit | edit source]- Search for "Howells" at rugbyleagueproject.org
- Bryn Howells at ESPNscrum (archived)Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Statistics at wru.co.uk
- 1911 births
- 1983 deaths
- 20th-century Welsh sportsmen
- Broughton Rangers players
- Footballers who switched code
- Llanelli RFC players
- Rugby league players from Carmarthenshire
- Rugby union fullbacks
- Rugby union players from Carmarthenshire
- Wales international rugby union players
- Welsh rugby league players
- Welsh rugby union players