Jack Elwyn Evans
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Full name | John Elwyn Evans | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 1897 Brynamman, Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 15 July 1941 (aged 43–44) Denbigh, Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Wing, Centre | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: scrum.com |
John "Jack" Elwyn Evans (1897 – 15 July 1941) was a Welsh rugby union and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1920s. He played representative level rugby union (RU) for Wales, and at club level for , Amman United RFC, Swansea RFC,[1] and Llanelli RFC as a wing, or centre, i.e. number 11 or 14, or 12 or 13, and club level rugby league (RL) for Broughton Rangers.[2]
Background[]
Jack Elwyn Evans was born in Brynamman, Wales, and he died aged 43–44 in Denbigh, Wales.
International honours[]
Jack Evans won a cap for Wales (RU) while at Llanelli RFC in 1924 against Scotland.[3]
References[]
- ^ Jack Evans Swansea player profile swansearfc.co.uk
- ^ Robert Gate (1986). "Gone North - Volume 1". R. E. Gate. ISBN 0-9511190-0-1
- ^ "Statistics at scrum.com". scrum.com. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
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Categories:
- 1897 births
- 1941 deaths
- Broughton Rangers players
- Footballers who switched code
- Llanelli RFC players
- People from Brynamman
- Rugby league players from Carmarthenshire
- Rugby union centres
- Rugby union players from Carmarthenshire
- Swansea RFC players
- Wales international rugby union players
- Welsh rugby league players
- Welsh rugby union players