William 'Bunner' Travers (2 December 1913 – 4 June 1998)
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player. He was selected for the

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. Travers played club rugby for

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; he was the son of

George Travers James Edward Travers (19 July 1887 – 6 December 1943), known as George Travers, was an English professional footballer who played as an inside forward or centre forward. He made 164 appearances in the Football League, representing a numb ...

, also a Wales international.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Travers, George 1913 births 1998 deaths Barbarian F.C. players British & Irish Lions rugby union players from Wales Cardiff RFC players Crawshays RFC players Newport RFC players Rugby union players from Newport, Wales Pill Harriers RFC players Wales international rugby union players Welsh rugby union players Rugby union hookers