Rex Willis

Rex Willis
Willis in New Zealand in 1950
Birth nameWilliam Rex Willis
Date of birth(1924-10-25)25 October 1924
Place of birthYstrad, Rhondda, Wales
Date of death19 January 2000(2000-01-19) (aged 75)
SchoolThe Cathedral School, Llandaff
Pangbourne Nautical College
Occupation(s)businessman
Rugby union career
Position(s) Scrum half
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
Llandaff RFC ()
?-1956 Cardiff RFC ()
1951–1954 Barbarian F.C.[2] 4 (0)
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1950–1955 Wales[1] 21 (0)
1950 British Lions 3 (0)

William Rex Willis (25 October 1924 – 19 January 2000) was a Welsh international rugby union scrum-half who played club rugby for Cardiff and invitational rugby for the Barbarians. He won 21 caps for Wales and was selected to play in the British Lions on the 1950 tour of Australia and New Zealand.

He played the last half-hour of the 1952 Five Nations Championship against Scotland with his jaw broken in several places.[3][4][5]

  1. ^ Rex Willis. espn.co.uk
  2. ^ W.R. Willis Archived 24 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine on www.barbarianfc.co.uk
  3. ^ Thomas (1979), p. 125.
  4. ^ Wales' Grand Slam Triumphs[permanent dead link] Yahoo! Eurosport
  5. ^ A Century of Rugby: How Wales Nine Grand Slams were Won WalesOnline