Harry Payne (rugby union)

Harry Payne
Birth nameHarry Thomas Payne
Date of birth(1907-12-10)10 December 1907
Place of birthLlangyfelach, Wales
Date of death22 December 2000(2000-12-22) (aged 93)
Place of deathMorriston, Wales
SchoolTirdeunaw School, Treboeth
Occupation(s)miner
Rugby union career
Position(s) Prop
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
?
?
1931–?
?		 Mynyddbach RFC
Morriston RFC
Swansea RFC
Royal Navy		 ()
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1935 Wales[1] 1 (0)

Harry Thomas Payne (10 December 1907 – 22 December 2000)[2] was a Welsh international rugby union prop who played club rugby for Swansea and was capped for Wales on one occasion. A hard forward player Payne was described as 'tough-as-teak'[3] and was still playing for veteran teams at the age of 84.[4]

  1. ^ Welsh Rugby Union player profiles[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "Henry Thomas Payne". ESPN scrum. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  3. ^ Billot (1972), pg 106.
  4. ^ Woolford, Anthony (18 May 2020). "The Wales rugby team's one-cap wonders who were never seen again". WalesOnline. Retrieved 12 October 2020.