Birth name | Terence John Davies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 24 September 1933 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Bynea, Wales[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 5 August 2021 | (aged 87)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 13 st (182 lb; 83 kg) 7 in | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| repyears1 = | repyears2 = 1953–1961 | repyears3 = 1959 | repcaps1 = | repcaps2 = 21 | repcaps3 = 2 | reppoints1 = | reppoints2 = 50 | reppoints3 = 5 | ru_ntupdate = | coachteams1 = | coachyears1 = | ru_coachupdate = | occupation = timber-merchant | relatives = Len Davies (brother) }}
Terence John Davies MBE (24 September 1933 – 5 August 2021) was a Welsh international full back who played club rugby for Swansea and Llanelli.[4] He won 21 caps for Wales and was selected to play in the British Lions on the 1959 tour of Australia and New Zealand. Davies was seen as the last of the great Welsh full backs, before the 'No direct kicking into touch' rule was introduced in the late sixties and changed the full back role.[5]