Gareth Price (rugby league)

Gareth Morgan Price (18 August 1917[2] – 19 July 1992), also known by the nickname of "Big G", was a Welsh rugby union and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s and 1950s, and coached rugby league in the 1950s. He played club level rugby union (RU) for Llanelli RFC, and representative level rugby league (RL) for Wales, and at club level for Leeds, Halifax and Doncaster (two spells) (captain),[3] as a centre, i.e. number 3 or 4, and coached at club level for Doncaster,[4][5]

Gareth Price
Personal information
Full nameGareth Morgan Price
Born18 August 1917
Llanelli, Wales
Died19 July 1992 (aged 74)
Leeds, England
Playing information
Rugby union
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
≤1945–≤45Llanelli RFC
Rugby league
PositionCentre
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
1945–48Leeds
1951Halifax
1951–52Doncaster330000
Total330000
Representative
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
1945–48Wales11
Coaching information
Club
YearsTeamGmsWDLW%
1951–≥51Doncaster
Source: [1]

Background

Gareth Price was born in Llanelli, Wales and he died aged 74 from pancreatic cancer at Leeds General Infirmary, West Yorkshire, England.

International honours

Gareth Price won 11 caps for Wales in 1945–1948 while at Leeds.[1]

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