# Gerwyn Williams

> Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Gerwyn_Williams
> Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Gerwyn_Williams.md
> Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerwyn_Williams
> Source revision: 1251094192
> License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)

{{short description|Wales international rugby union footballer & coach}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{One source| date = August 2017}}
{{Infobox rugby biography
| name            = Gerwyn Williams
| image           =
| caption         = 
| birth_name      = Gerwyn Williams
| nickname        = 
| birth_place     = [Glyncorrwg](/source/Glyncorrwg), [Neath Port Talbot](/source/Neath_Port_Talbot), [Wales](/source/Wales)
| birth_date      = {{Birth date|1924|4|22|df=yes}}
| death_date      = {{death date and age|2009|2|10|1924|4|22|df=yes}}
| death_place     = [Clare](/source/Clare%2C_Suffolk), [England](/source/England)
| height          = 
| weight          = 
| ru_position     = Fullback
| amatyears1      = 
| amatteam1       = [Taibach RFC](/source/Taibach_RFC)
| amatteam2       = [Devonport Services R.F.C.](/source/Devonport_Services_R.F.C.)
| amatteam3       = Royal Navy
| amatteam4       = [London Welsh RFC](/source/London_Welsh_RFC)
| amatteam5       = [Llanelli RFC](/source/Llanelli_RFC)
| amatteam6       = Middlesex
| amatteam7       = Hampshire
| amatteam8       = London Counties
| amatteam9       = [Barbarian F.C.](/source/Barbarian_F.C.)
| ru_amclubcaps   = 
| ru_amclubpoints = 
| ru_amupdate     = 
| repteam1        = Welsh Secondary Schools
| repteam2        = [Wales](/source/Wales_national_rugby_union_team)
| repyears1       = 
| repyears2       = 1950-1954
| repcaps1        = 
| repcaps2        = 13
| reppoints1      = 
| reppoints2      = 0
| ru_ntupdate     = 
| coachteams1     = [Cambridge University](/source/Cambridge_University_R.U.F.C.)
| coachteams2     = [Blackheath F.C.](/source/Blackheath_F.C.)
| coachteams3     = London Counties
| coachyears1     = 
| ru_coachupdate  = 
| other           = 
| occupation      = school teacher
| spouse          = 
| children        = 
| relatives       = 
| school          = Port Talbot Grammar
| university      = [Loughborough College](/source/Loughborough_College)
| website         =  
}}
'''Gerwyn Williams''' (22 April 1924 – 10 February 2009) was a [Welsh](/source/Welsh_people) [rugby union](/source/rugby_union) player, coach and author.

==Biography==
Williams was born in [Glyncorrwg](/source/Glyncorrwg), [Glamorgan](/source/Glamorgan), the son of Ephraim and Catherin (Hopkins) Williams.  He attended [Port Talbot County School](/source/Port_Talbot_County_School) and [Loughborough College](/source/Loughborough_College) after serving in the [Royal Navy](/source/Royal_Navy) during [World War II](/source/World_War_II).<ref name=Obit>{{cite news
|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/gerwyn-williams-rugby-fullback-who-helped-wales-beat-the-all-blacks-1637580.html
|title=Gerwyn Williams: Rugby full-back who helped Wales beat the All Blacks
|date=5 March 2009
|work=[The Independent](/source/The_Independent)}}</ref>

==Rugby career==
Williams began playing rugby in grammar school, and won his first [cap](/source/cap_(sports)) as a U-15 player with Wales against England.  He continued at Loughborough, playing on the College XV.  As a professional, Williams played [fullback](/source/fullback_(rugby_union)) for [Llanelli RFC](/source/Llanelli_RFC) and [London Welsh](/source/London_Welsh_RFC), as well as on the [Wales national rugby union team](/source/Wales_national_rugby_union_team) from 1950 to 1954.  He won his first senior cap in the [Triple Crown](/source/Triple_Crown_(rugby_union)) deciding match against Ireland in 1950.  In 1952, Williams played on the [Grand Slam](/source/Grand_Slam_(rugby_union)) winning team, and he was the fullback in the last Wales team to beat the [New Zealand All Blacks](/source/New_Zealand_national_rugby_union_team).<ref name=Obit/>

==Post-rugby career==
Williams was forced to retire from rugby due to a recurring collar-bone injury.  In his post-rugby career, he became a school [PE](/source/physical_education) teacher in Harrow Grammar school, before moving to private education at [Whitgift School](/source/Whitgift_School) in [Croydon](/source/Croydon). He was better known for his frequent use of the slipper than any great craft as a maths or geography master.

Williams was the author of four rugby union training manuals:<ref name=Obit/>
* ''Modern Rugby'' (1964)
* ''Schoolboy Rugby'' (1966)
* ''Tackle Rugger This Way'' (1968)
* ''Tackle Rugger'' (1975)

He died in [Clare, Suffolk](/source/Clare%2C_Suffolk).

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Williams, Gerwyn}}
Category:1924 births
Category:2009 deaths
Category:Barbarian F.C. players
Category:Devonport Services R.F.C. players
Category:Llanelli RFC players
Category:London Welsh RFC players
Category:People educated at Port Talbot County Boys' Grammar School
Category:Royal Navy personnel of World War II
Category:Rugby union fullbacks
Category:Rugby union players from Neath Port Talbot
Category:Taibach RFC players
Category:Wales international rugby union players
Category:Welsh rugby union coaches
Category:Welsh rugby union players
Category:Welsh sportswriters
Category:London Counties rugby union players

---
Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Gerwyn Williams](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerwyn_Williams) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerwyn_Williams?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.