Notes
- ↑ Lloyd Williams player profile Scrum.com
- ↑ "Former Wales and Cardiff captain Lloyd Williams dies, 83". BBC Sport. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
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| Birth name | Lloyd Hugh Williams | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 19 October 1933 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Taff's Well, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 25 February 2017 (aged 83) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Taff's Well School Caerphilly Secondary School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Lloyd Hugh Williams (19 October 1933 – 25 February 2017) [1] was a Welsh international rugby union player. He captained the Wales national rugby union team on three occasions in 1961–62. Williams played his club rugby for Cardiff RFC and was the younger brother of another Welsh international rugby union player and captain, Bleddyn Williams. Lloyd Williams died in February 2017 aged 83. [2]
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