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Robert Morgan (rugby union)

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Robert Morgan
Full nameDavid Robert Ruskin Morgan
Date of birth(1941-08-29)29 August 1941
Place of birthPontyberem, Wales
Date of death19 September 1999(1999-09-19) (aged 58)
Place of deathBishopston, Swansea, Wales
SchoolGwendraeth Grammar School
Rugby union career
Position(s) Wing
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1962–63 Wales 9 (0)

David Robert Ruskin Morgan (29 August 1941 — 19 September 1999) was a Welsh international rugby union player.[1]

Born in Pontyberem, Morgan was educated at Gwendraeth Grammar School and Cardiff College of Education.[2]

Morgan, a winger, played his rugby for Pontyberem, Llanelli and Cardiff, while winning nine Wales caps. He appeared in all of Wales's 1962 and 1963 Five Nations fixtures, as well as a 1963 match against the All Blacks in Cardiff.[3]

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References

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  1. ^ "Bryn Thomas's Sporting Chatter". Port Talbot Guardian. 16 August 1963.
  2. ^ "Ex Wales player dies, 58". South Wales Evening Post. 20 September 1999.
  3. ^ "Welsh winger dies". South Wales Echo. 21 September 1999.
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