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| Full name | Gareth Morgan Price | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 18 August 1917 Llanelli, Wales | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 19 July 1992 (aged 74) Leeds, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Centre | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Gareth Morgan Price (18 August 1917[2] – 19 July 1992), also known by the nickname of "Big G", was a Welsh rugby union and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s and 1950s, and coached rugby league in the 1950s. He played club level rugby union (RU) for Llanelli RFC, and representative level rugby league (RL) for Wales, and at club level for Leeds (Heritage №), Halifax (Heritage № 599) and Doncaster (Heritage № 21) (two spells) (captain),[3] as a centre, i.e. number 3 or 4, and coached at club level for Doncaster,[4][5]
Background
Gareth Price was born in Llanelli, Wales and he died aged 74 from pancreatic cancer at Leeds General Infirmary, West Yorkshire, England.
International honours
Gareth Price won 11 caps for Wales in 1945–1948 while at Leeds.[1]
References
- 1 2 "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ↑ "Birth details at freebmd.org.uk". freebmd.org.uk. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
- ↑ "Statistics at robterrace.com". robterrace.com. 31 December 2017. Archived from the original on 24 February 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ↑ Williams, Graham; Lush, Peter; Farrar, David (2009). The British Rugby League Records Book. London League. pp. 108–114. ISBN 978-1-903659-49-6.
- ↑ "Statistics at rugbyleague.wales". rugbyleague.wales. 31 December 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2020.