# Estyn Griffiths

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{{short description|Welsh footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2022}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Estyn Griffiths
| fullname = Estyn Griffiths<ref name="Hugman" />
| birth_date = {{birth date|1927|7|22|df=y}}
| birth_place = [Pontblyddyn](/source/Pontblyddyn), Wales<ref name="Wrexham" />
| death_date = {{d-da|1 April 2017|22 July 1927}}<ref name="Wrexham" />
| death_place = [Wrexham](/source/Wrexham), Wales
| position = [Centre half](/source/Centre_half)
| youthyears1 = 
| youthclubs1 = 
| years1 = {{0|0000}}–1950
| clubs1 = [Llay Welfare](/source/Llay_Welfare_F.C.)
| caps1 = 
| goals1 = 
| years2 = 1950–1952
| clubs2 = [Wrexham](/source/Wrexham_A.F.C.)
| caps2 = 10
| goals2 = 0
| years3 = 1952–1955
| clubs3 = [Chelmsford City](/source/Chelmsford_City_F.C.)
| caps3 = 75
| goals3 = 0
| nationalyears1 = 1950
| nationalteam1 = [Wales Amateurs](/source/Wales_national_amateur_football_team)
| nationalcaps1 = 2
| nationalgoals1 = 0
}}

'''Estyn Griffiths''' (22 July 1927 – 1 April 2017) was a Welsh amateur [footballer](/source/Association_football) who played as a [centre half](/source/centre_half) in the [Football League](/source/Football_League) for [Wrexham](/source/Wrexham_A.F.C.).<ref name="Hugman">{{hugman|id=7831|accessdate=29 July 2017}}</ref><ref>{{NeilBrownPlayers|wrexham/wrexham|Wrexham : 1946/47 – 2007/08}}</ref> He was capped by Wales at [amateur](/source/Wales_national_amateur_football_team) level.<ref name="McColl">{{Cite web |last=McColl |first=Brian |last2=Gorman |first2=Douglas |last3=Campbell |first3=George |title=Forgotten Glories – British Amateur Internationals 1901–1974 |url=http://www.scottish-football-historical-archive.co.uk/Forgotten%20Glories.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170702210501/http://www.scottish-football-historical-archive.co.uk/Forgotten%20Glories.pdf |archive-date=2 July 2017 |access-date=28 July 2017 |page=334}}</ref>

== Career statistics ==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
! rowspan="2" |Club
! rowspan="2" |Season
! colspan="3" |League
! colspan="2" |National cup
! colspan="2" |Total
|-
!Division
!Apps
!Goals
!Apps
!Goals
!Apps
!Goals
|-
| rowspan="2" |[Wrexham](/source/Wrexham_A.F.C.)
|[1950–51](/source/1950-51_Football_League_Third_Division)<ref name="Wrexham">{{Cite web |title=Estyn Griffiths {{!}} Player Statistics |url=https://www.wrexhamafcarchive.co.uk/player.php?id=2074 |access-date=31 October 2022 |website=Wrexham AFC Archive |language=en}}</ref>
|[Third Division North](/source/Football_League_Third_Division_North)
|6
|0
|0
|0
|6
|0
|-
|[1951–52](/source/1951-52_Football_League_Third_Division)<ref name="Wrexham" />
|Third Division North
|4
|0
|0
|0
|4
|0
|-
! colspan="3" |Career total
!10
!0
!0
!0
!10
!0
|}

== Honours ==
'''Llay Welfare'''
* Welsh Amateur Cup: 1948–49<ref>{{Cite web |title=Information |url=http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/llaywelfarefc/a/history-9350.html?page=2 |access-date=29 July 2017 |website=Llay Miners Welfare Football Club |language=en}}</ref>

== References ==
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Category:Welsh men's footballers
Category:English Football League players
Category:Wales men's amateur international footballers
Category:Men's association football wing halves
Category:1927 births
Category:Sportspeople from Mold, Flintshire
Category:Footballers from Flintshire
Category:Wrexham A.F.C. players
Category:2017 deaths
Category:Chelmsford City F.C. players
Category:Llay Welfare F.C. players
Category:20th-century Welsh sportsmen

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