{{Infobox rugby biography | name = Gwilym Michael | image = | caption = | full_name = Gwilym Morgan Michael | birth_date = {{birth date|1892|07|08|df=yes}} | birth_place = Ynysmeudwy, Wales | death_date = {{death date and age|1941|05|24|1892|07|08|df=yes}} | death_place = Pontardawe, Wales | height = | weight = | occupation = | school = | university = | relatives = | position = Forward | repyears1 = 1923 | repteam1 = {{nrut|Wales}} | repcaps1 = 3 | reppoints1 = 3 }} '''Gwilym Morgan Michael''' (8 July 1892 – 24 May 1941) was a Welsh international rugby union player.<ref>{{cite news |title=Funeral of Mr. Gwilym Michael |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004700/19410531/006/0006 |work=Herald of Wales |date=31 May 1941}}</ref>
Michael hailed from Pontardawe in the Swansea Valley and attended Swansea Grammar School.<ref>{{cite news |title=Strong R.A.F. Side For Llanelly? |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004705/19410210/003/0003 |work=South Wales Daily Post |date=10 February 1941}}</ref>
A fast and versatile forward, Michael played for Swansea RFC and was the club's second top scorer in the 1922-23 season. His three Wales caps all came during their 1923 Five Nations campaign. He also represented a combined England and Wales XV in that's year centenary match at Rugby School.<ref name="SouthWales">{{cite news |title=Ex-Rugby Star's Death |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004705/19410526/004/0004 |work=South Wales Daily Post |date=26 May 1941}}</ref>
Michael was a veteran of World War I and served as a Commander of Signals for the Home Guard during World War II. He collapsed and died in 1941 after participating in a parade with his Home Guard unit.<ref name="SouthWales"/>
==See also== *List of Wales national rugby union players
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{ESPNscrum|2954}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Michael, Gwilym}} Category:1892 births Category:1941 deaths Category:Welsh rugby union players Category:Wales international rugby union players Category:Rugby union players from Neath Port Talbot Category:Rugby union forwards Category:Swansea RFC players Category:People educated at Bishop Gore School