Cliff Richards (rugby union)
Wales international rugby union footballer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
William Clifford Richards (28 March 1901 ā 13 February 1964) was a Welsh international rugby union wing who played club rugby for Pontypool and Swansea and represented Wales at international level. Richards was a coal miner by trade, and worked in the pits all his adult life. In 1964, while working at the Navigation Colliery in Crumlin, he was killed in an underground accident.[2]
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Birth name | William Clifford Richards | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | (1901-03-28)28 March 1901 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Hafodyrynys, Caerphilly County Borough, Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 13 February 1964(1964-02-13) (aged 62) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Crumlin, Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Occupation(s) | Collier | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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