Bunner Travers

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Bunner Travers
Birth nameWilliam Travers
Date of birth(1913-12-02)2 December 1913
Place of birth Newport, Wales
Date of death4 June 1998(1998-06-04) (aged 84)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Hooker
Amateur team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1928-1935 Pill Harriers RFC ()
1935-1949 Newport RFC ()
1938 & 1949 Cardiff RFC ()
Barbarian F.C. ()
Crawshays RFC ()
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1937-1949 Wales 12 (3)
1938 British Lions 2 (0)

William 'Bunner' Travers (2 December 1913 – 4 June 1998) [1] was a Wales international rugby union player. He was selected for the 1938 British Lions tour to South Africa. Travers played club rugby for Newport RFC; he was the son of George Travers, also a Wales international.

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