Dictionary of Welsh Biography

MILLS-ROBERTS, ROBERT HERBERT (1862 - 1935), surgeon, and association football player , was mentioned in dispatches, and became C.M.G. He also served in the 1914-19 war. It is, however, possible that he will be more widely remembered as a player of association football. He played for his hospital and for the Corinthians, and also for Wales. He kept goal for Preston North End in 1888-89, like his compatriot, James Trainer, replacing Trainer in the English cup ties - the club had not one
MORGAN, CLIFFORD (Cliff) ISAAC (1930 - 2013), rugby player, sports writer and broadcaster, media executive who was a tenor. The choir were twice winners of the mixed choir prize at the National Eisteddfod, at Dolgellau in 1949 and Aberystwyth in 1951. At Tonyrefail Grammar, Morgan initially played football and cricket for his school, but not rugby until the relatively late age of 16, when he came under the tutelage of rugby coach Ned Gribble. Gribble played Morgan in a variety of positions - hooker, wing
MORGAN-OWEN, LLEWELLYN ISAAC GETHIN (1879 - 1960), army administrator , Chelsea, as lieut-governor and secretary, 1940-44. He was also colonel of the South Wales Borderers, 1931-44, and although he was away from his regiment for long periods he did much useful work as its colonel. As a former football player he was of particular service to the Army Football Association whose meetings he chaired during his time at the Horse Guards. He was awarded the D.S.O. in 1916, C.M.G
PHILLIPS, MORGAN HECTOR (1885 - 1953), headmaster and football. He was appointed (from among 45 applicants) headmaster of Ruthin School in 1930. He took a great interest in rugby which had already been introduced into the school by his predecessor, Edwin William Lovegrove, and he managed to ensure that important rugby matches were played on the school field. Mystery remains concerning his resignation from the headship in 1935, which was attributed
REES, DAVID JAMES (1913 - 1983), golfer and author expressed his pride in his Welsh background and emphasised the need for personal discipline. Rees never smoked and was an advocate of temperance with regard to alcohol. He kept himself physically in good shape and believed that all players should adopt such a regime. One of his greatest delights was supporting Arsenal Football Club. On his way home in 1981, after watching Arsenal play that afternoon, he
REES, MORGAN GORONWY (1909 - 1979), writer and university administrator prowess, his wit and charm, his magical conversation and Byronic good looks. He represented the College in both rugby and football. Academically he had little to fear, but he realized that Oxford success depended on something apart from brain power. Term-time highlife alternated with vacation study at Roath, a pattern that paid off with the award of a First in 1931 followed by an All Souls prize
RICHARDS, ALUN MORGAN (1929 - 2004), screenwriter, playwright, and author was to nostalgia and mythology. From the outset Richards's world was prosperous and ambitious but full of flawed relationships. Two of Richards's great passions - rugby football and the sea - frequently asserted themselves in his fictional writing. One of his earliest radio plays, 'O Captain, My Captain' broadcast on the Home Service in June 1961 and again on BBC TV in August of that year, was set
ROBESON, PAUL LEROY (1898 - 1976), actor, singer and political activist solidarity within the community. When Paul was six his mother died in a fire at the family home. Robeson attended high school in Somerville, New Jersey, where he came into his own singing in choir, engaging in theatrics and excelling in sporting activities, including American football, basketball, baseball and track athletics. In 1915 he won an academic scholarship to Rutgers College, where he joined the
ROOSE, LEIGH RICHMOND (1877 - 1916), Association football player
SEABORNE-DAVIES, DAVID RICHARD (1904 - 1984), lawyer and politician Rugby Football Club and Vice President of London Welsh RFC, and became President of Pwllheli Sports Club for ten years. He served as a Magistrate in both Liverpool and Caernarfon, and was High Sheriff of Caernarvonshire in 1967-68. Davies was a great after-dinner speaker, regaling his eager audience with a large fund of Welsh anecdotes, ranging from the academic to the athletic, suitable for any
SPEED, GARY ANDREW (1969 - 2011), footballer Aston Park, Queensferry, and he attended Queensferry Primary School. After he moved to Hawarden High School, Gary played for Flintshire under-13, under-14 and under-15 teams. He was also a talented schoolboy cricketer and represented the Wales schoolboys side for two years when he was 12 and 13. The young Gary supported Everton football club - just to be different to his father who followed Liverpool
STENNETT, STANLEY LLEWELLYN (1925 - 2013), musician, comedian, actor the work, he still found time to play golf, and was heavily involved with Cardiff City Football Club. He was awarded an MBE in 1979 for services to entertainment and to charities. Stan Stennett died at the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff on 26 November 2013 after complications from a stroke.

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