Terence Graham Price (16 July 1945 – 7 April 1993) was a Welsh dual-code international

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, and professional

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footballer who played in the 1960s and 1970s. He played representative rugby union (RU) for the British Lions, and , and at club level for

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, as a fullback, and representative rugby League (RL) for

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and

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, and at club level for

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, as a . In 1971, he tried out as a

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for the NFL's

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, but he did not play for them. Price was born in

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, Wales, and he died aged 47 in a road accident in

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, while helping a motorist whose car had broken down.

Playing career

International honours

Notably dropping the goal against Ireland at the

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in 1965 thus winning Wales their first

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since 1953. Price represented the British Lions (RU) while at Llanelli RFC on the 1966 tour of Australia and New Zealand, won 5

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s for Wales (RU) in 1968–1970 while at Llanelli RFC in 1965 against England, Scotland, Ireland, and France, in 1966 against England, and Australia, and in 1967 against Scotland, and France, won a

for Great Britain (RL) while at Bradford Northern in 1970 against Australia, and won

s for Wales (RL) while at Bradford Northern.

Club career

As a schoolboy at

Llanelli Boys' Grammar School Llanelli ("St Elli's Parish"; ) is a market town and the largest community in Carmarthenshire and the preserved county of Dyfed, Wales. It is located on the Loughor estuary north-west of Swansea and south-east of the county town, Carmarthen ...

, he played for Llanelli ('West Wales XV') versus

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's 1963 all blacks and broke the jaw of tour hard man

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, putting him out of action for the rest of the tour. Price signed for Bradford Northern on 26 July 1967 for a then club record signing-on fee of £8,000 (based on increases in average earnings, this would be approximately £253,000 in 2013), such was his reputation that crowds of 700–800 people turned up just to watch him train, and match day crowds increased by 1,500–2,000 per game.

Personal life

Price was the grandson of the rugby union footballer Dai Hiddlestone.

References

External links

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Bull Masters – Terry Price
{{DEFAULTSORT:Price, Terry 1945 births 1993 deaths People educated at Llanelli Boys' Grammar School American football placekickers Bradford Bulls players British & Irish Lions rugby union players from Wales Dual-code rugby internationals Great Britain national rugby league team players Llanelli RFC players Road incident deaths in England Rugby league fullbacks Rugby league players from Carmarthenshire Rugby union fullbacks Rugby union players from Hendy Wales international rugby union players Wales national rugby league team players Welsh rugby league players Welsh rugby union players