Horace Phillips (rugby union)
David Horace Phillips (24 August 1928 — 12 December 2009) was a Welsh international rugby union player.
| Full name | David Horace Phillips | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 24 August 1928 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Birchgrove, Swansea, Wales | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 12 December 2009 (aged 81) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Sketty, Wales | ||||||||||||||||
| School | Dynevor School | ||||||||||||||||
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Phillips was born in the Swansea suburb of Birchgrove and attended Dynevor School.[1]
Active in the 1950s, Phillips was a Swansea wing three-quarter, capped once by Wales in the 1952 Five Nations Championship, against France at St Helens.[2] He was in the Swansea side that drew with the visiting All Blacks in 1953, toured Romania with the club in 1954 and held their captaincy during the 1955–56 season.[3]
References
- "In Memoriam: Horace Phillips 1941 – 1948". Dynevor Revisited.
- "First 'cap' for Horace Phillips: West's new power". Western Mail. 20 March 1952.
- "Ex-Wales and Swansea winger Horace Phillips dies". BBC News. 17 December 2009. Archived from the original on 22 January 2010.
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