Rugby player
| Birth name | William Guy Morgan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | (1907-12-26)26 December 1907 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Garnant, Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 29 July 1973(1973-07-29) (aged 65) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Carmarthen, Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 6 in (168 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Christ College, Brecon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University | Cambridge University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notable relative(s) | Teddy Morgan, uncle William Llewellyn Morgan, uncle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Guy Morgan (26 December 1907 – 29 July 1973) was a Welsh rugby union player who captained Wales in 1929. He also played cricket for Glamorgan County Cricket Club.
Rugby career
Morgan was born in Garnant and gained his first international cap playing for Wales Secondary Schools, he was educated at Christ College, Brecon, in a team that contained future Wales full internationals Harry Bowcott and J.D. Bartlett. While at Cambridge University he played for the University rugby team in a Varsity match. Between 1926 and 1929, Morgan won four Blues, and gained his first cap while still at Cambridge, in a game against France at St Helens. It was an incredible debut for Morgan, scoring a try and being prominent in the scoring of four others. By the time he played his third international game in 1929 he was playing for Swansea, and on 2 February that year, at the age of 22, he was captain of his country. He would play just another four games, three more as captain.
International games played
Wales
Biography
- Smith, David; Williams, Gareth (1980). Fields of Praise: The Official History of The Welsh Rugby Union. Cardiff: University of Wales Press. ISBN 0-7083-0766-3.
References
- "Player Profile". Swansea RFU. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
- ^ Smith (1980), pg 246.
- WRU player profiles
- Smith (1980), pg 240.
- Smith (1980), pg 250.
- Smith (1980), pg 469.
- 1907 births
- 1973 deaths
- Welsh rugby union players
- Wales international rugby union players
- Wales rugby union captains
- Welsh cricketers
- Cambridge University cricketers
- Glamorgan cricketers
- Cambridge University R.U.F.C. players
- Barbarian F.C. players
- Swansea RFC players
- London Welsh RFC players
- Rugby union players from Garnant
- Cricketers from Carmarthenshire
- Wales cricketers
- People educated at Christ College, Brecon
- Rugby union centres
- Guy's Hospital RFC players