William Leslie "Les" Thomas Williams (10 May 1922 – 27 January 2006) was a Welsh dual-code international

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, and professional

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footballer who played in the 1940s and 1950s. He played representative level rugby union (RU) for

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, and at club level for Llanelli RFC and

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, as a

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, or

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, i.e. number 11 or 14, or 12 or 13, and representative level rugby league (RL) for

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(non- Test matches), and

, and at club level for

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, as a , or , i.e. number 2 or 5, or, 3 or 4.

Background

Williams was born in

Mynydd-y-Garreg Mynydd-y-Garreg or Mynyddygarreg ("The mountain of the stone") is a village in the county of Carmarthenshire, West Wales. It borders the historic town of Kidwelly. Governance Mynydd-y-Garreg is in the Kidwelly community and shares with it a mayor ...

, Wales, and he died aged 83 in Falmouth, Cornwall, England.

International honours

Williams won 15 caps for

(RU) in 1949–1953 while at Llanelli RFC in 1947 against England, Scotland, France, and Ireland, and while at Cardiff RFC in 1947 against Australia, in 1948 against Ireland, and in 1949 against England, and won caps for

(RL) while at Hunslet.

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Welsh stars still had a rugby ball in wartime
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