Glyn Stephens

Glyn Stephens
Full name Glyn Stephens
Date of birth (1891-11-29)29 November 1891
Place of birth Neath, Wales[1]
Date of death 22 April 1965(1965-04-22) (aged 73)
Place of death Neath, Wales
School Cadoxton Church School, Neath
Notable relative(s) Rees Stephens (son)
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position Prop
Amateur clubs
Years Club / team
? Neath RFC
National team(s)
Years Club / team Caps (points)
1912-1919 Wales 10 (0)

Glyn Stephens (29 November 1891 – 22 April 1965) was a Welsh international rugby union prop who played club rugby for Neath. He won 10 caps for Wales and captained his country. He was the father of Welsh rugby international, Rees Stephens and would later become president of the Welsh Rugby Union[2]

Rugby career

Stephens earned his first Welsh cap against England on 20 January 1912 in a game at Twickenham, Wales lost the game, but Stephens was back for the next three matches in the 1912 Five Nations Championship. Stephens played not only in the home nations matches but also faced South Africa in the 1912 tour. After the war he played his last international game when he captained the Welsh team against the New Zealand Army. After his retirement from the game he became involved in the management of rugby and in 1956 became president of the WRU.

International matches played

Wales[3]

Bibliography

References

  1. WRU player profiles
  2. Thomas (1979), pg 107.
  3. Smith (1980), pg 471.
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