Ray Glastonbury
Wales rugby league and union footballer (1938–2026)
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Raymond Glastonbury (11 December 1938 – 28 February 2026) was a Welsh rugby union and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s and 1960s. He played club-level rugby union (RU) for Cardiff RFC, as a wing, and representative-level rugby league (RL) for Wales, and at club-level for Workington Town, as a wing.[1][3]
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| Full name | Raymond Glastonbury | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 11 December 1938 Bedwellty district, Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 28 February 2026 (aged 87) Cardiff, Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Wing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Wing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Background
Ray Glastonbury was born in Bedwellty district, Wales, and he was the younger brother of the rugby union wing who played in the 1950s and 1960s for Cardiff RFC (11 matches during the 1958–59 season), Glamorgan Wanderers RFC and Pontypridd RFC; Blandford Glastonbury (birth registered first ¼ 1934 (age 91–92) in Pontypridd district, marriage to Patricia K. (née Collins) registered third ¼ 1958 in Cardiff district).[4]
Glastonbury died on 28 February 2026 at the age of 87.[5][6]
Playing career
Glastonbury was the 1962–63 season's top try scorer with 41 tries. He won a cap for Wales while at Workington Town in 1963.[1]
He scored 133 tries in 206 appearances for the club between 1962 and 1968.[7]