Tommy Rees (rugby)
| Full name | Thomas Edgar Rees | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 22 August 1904 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Pontyclun, Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 10 November 1968 (aged 64) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Oldham, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position(s) | Fullback | ||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
| 1928-39 1939-? |
Oldham RLFC Broughton Rangers |
1342 117 |
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
| 1929 | Great Britain | 1 | (0) |
| Position(s) | Fullback | ||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
| ? ? ? ?-1928 |
Pontyclun RFC Crawshays RFC Army XV London Welsh RFC |
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
| 1926-28 | Wales | 4 | (4) |
Thomas 'Tommy' Edgar Rees (22 August 1904 in Pontyclun — 10 November 1968 (aged 64) in Oldham) was a Welsh rugby union and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1920s, and 1930s, playing representative level rugby union (RU) for Wales, and at club level for Pontyclun RFC, Crawshays RFC, Army XV, and London Welsh RFC, as a Fullback, i.e. number 15, and playing representative level rugby league (RL) for Great Britain, and at club level for Oldham, and Broughton Rangers as a fullback, i.e. number 1.
Rees was born in Pontyclun in South Wales and as a teenager played rugby for local club team Pontyclun RFC. Jack Meggins, a local headmaster from Talbot Green, saw potential in Rees and recommended him in writing to invitational team Crawshays. Crawshays accepted Rees, the first notable team in his career. Rees joined the British Army and became a soldier in the Welsh Guards, and while serving in the Guards he was selected for the Army XV.
In 1926, Rees was playing for Welsh exile team London Welsh, and after an excellent victory against Cross Keys at Blackheath on 6 March, Rees along with fellow teammates Windsor Lewis and Wick Powell, was selected to face Ireland as part of the 1926 Five Nations Championship. The game was played at St. Helen's, Swansea, with the Welsh team being led by Swansea's Rowe Harding. The Wales team were victorious over Ireland, robbing the Irish of both the Triple Crown and Grand Slam. Rees scored his first international points during the game with a single conversion, and at the end of the match, the three London Welsh playees were carried from the pitch shoulder-high. The press recorded that Rees had "a great game that caused intense enthusiasm". Rees was reselected for the next Wales international, the final game of the 1926 tournament, away to France. Now captained by Bobby Delahay, Wales won the game 7-5.
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