Walter Johnson Williams (14 November 1943 — 10 March 1985) was a Welsh
rugby union international.
Williams, a farmer from
Clyne, was a prop and played his rugby for
Neath RFC. He was capped twice for
Wales during the
1974 Five Nations Championship
The 1974 Five Nations Championship was the forty-fifth series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the eightieth series of the northern hemisphere rugby un ...
, against Ireland and France, both of which ended in draws.
In 1985, Williams stabbed his wife Janet to death and shot himself with a rifle in a
murder–suicide in the kitchen of their Clyne family farm. He had been receiving treatment for depression since 1967 according to an inquest.
See also
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List of Wales national rugby union players
List of Wales national rugby union players is a list of players who have represented Wales at rugby union. The list only includes players who have played in a Test match for the senior men's team. The players are listed in order of chronological ...
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1943 births
1985 deaths
Welsh rugby union players
Wales international rugby union players
Rugby union players from Neath Port Talbot
Neath RFC players
Rugby union props
Murder–suicides in the United Kingdom
Suicides by firearm in Wales
Welsh murderers
Uxoricides