Sport: Rugby, Cricket, Boxing, Athletics
Sport in Wales usually means Rugby, it seems to overshadow some great achievments Welsh sportsmen and women have made in Boxing, Athletics, Cricket and Football. Our list of welsh sport personalities includes well known names like Alf Sherwood , Ryan Giggs , Ian Lougher and many more - including some here time has overlooked...
Andy Melville
Playing in current Welsh side.
Dewi Bebb, sportsman with a connection to Wales (North Wales)
Dewi Bebb
Rugby player for Swansea , Wales and British Lion
Gilbert Parkhouse, sportsman with a connection to Wales (Swansea)
Gilbert Parkhouse
Glamorgan and England cricketer.
Don Shepherd, sportsman with a Welsh connection!
Don Shepherd
Cricketer for many years with Glamorgan.
George Smith, sportsman with a Welsh connection!
George Smith
Boxed Tommy Farr in Merthyr in 1930's. Lost on points over fifteen rounds. Won the 'Metropolitan Police Trophy' in 1928. Boxed over three hundred professional fights. Weighed in at 12st 7lbs, then cruiser weight.
Rex Willis, sportsman with a Welsh connection!
Rex Willis
Rugby great
Barry Hughes, sportsman with a Welsh connection!
Barry Hughes
Football (Soccer) player for West Bromwich Albion. He was born and grown up in Wales. Later, he went to Holland.
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- Michael Roberts, sportsman with a Welsh connection!
- Wilf Woller, sportsman with a connection to Wales (Colwyn Bay)
- Lleyton Hewit, sportsman with a Welsh connection!
- Steve Watkin, sportsman with a connection to Wales (Wrexham)
- Douglas Redwood, sportsman (Footballer) with a connection to Wales (Ebbw Vale, South Wales)
- Sydney Redwood, sportswoman with a connection to Wales (Ebbw Vale, South Wales)