Brian Cresswell
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Full nameBrian Robert Cresswell
Date of birth9 November 1934
Place of birthNewport, Wales
Date of death6 December 2020 (aged 86)
| Full name | Brian Robert Cresswell | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 9 November 1934 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Newport, Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 6 December 2020 (aged 86) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | St Julian's High School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Brian Robert Cresswell (9 November 1934 — 6 December 2020) was a Welsh international rugby union player.
Cresswell was born in Newport and educated at St Julian's High School.[1]
A blindside flanker, Cresswell played in the Newport team that defeated the touring Wallabies in 1957.[2]
Cresswell won four Wales caps in the 1960 Five Nations Championship, forming a back-row in two of the matches with Newport teammates Glyn Davidge and Geoff Whitson. He scored a try in Wales's 10–9 win over Ireland at Lansdowne Road and another in their loss to France in Paris.[3]
In 2015, Cresswell was inducted into the Newport RFC Hall of Fame.[4]