Harold Thomas (rugby, born 1914)
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| Full name | Harold Watkin Thomas | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 19 February 1914 Neath, Wales | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 10 December 1989 (aged 75) Neath, Wales | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Lock | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Second-row | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Harold Watkin Thomas (19 February 1914 – 10 December 1989) was a Welsh dual-code international rugby union, and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1930s and 1940s. He played representative level rugby union (RU) for Wales and Wales XV, and at club level for his native town of Neath, as a lock,[1][2] and representative level rugby league (RL) for Wales, and at club level for Salford, as a second-row.[3]
Harold Thomas was born in Neath, Wales in 1914. His father Tom played rugby for Neath, and his brother David was also capped for Wales. A metal worker by trade Thomas served as a regimental sergeant major in the maritime branch of the Royal Artillery during the Second World War. He saw action in the Atlantic, Russian and Indian waters, and at one time survived the sinking of his ship by a Japanese submarine.[4] Thomas died aged 75 in Neath, Wales.