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 | ||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||
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David Horace Phillips (24 August 1928 — 12 December 2009) was a Welsh international rugby union player.
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]
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 | ||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||
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David Horace Phillips (24 August 1928 — 12 December 2009) was a Welsh international rugby union player.
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]