Walter Williams (rugby union)
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Full nameWalter Johnson Williams
Born14 November 1943
Clyne, Wales
Died10 March 1985 (aged 41)
Clyne, Wales
Position
Prop
| Full name | Walter Johnson Williams | ||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 14 November 1943 Clyne, Wales | ||||||||||||||||
| Died | 10 March 1985 (aged 41) Clyne, Wales | ||||||||||||||||
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Walter Johnson Williams (14 November 1943 — 10 March 1985) was a Welsh rugby union international.[1]
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, against Ireland and France, both of which ended in draws.[2]
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.[3]