Birth name | Maxwell Lloyd Wiltshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 16 July 1938 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Milsom Point, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 19 September 2021 83) | (aged||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Rhydhir Lower Comprehensive | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Occupation(s) | oil process worker taxi driver | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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First capped against the touring All Blacks in 1967 along with fellow Aberavon players, Billy Mainwaring, Ian Hall and Paul James Wheeler he won four Welsh caps.
He captained Aberavon in the 1965–66 & 1966–67 seasons.
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