Birth name | Thomas Parker | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 29 March 1891 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Llansamlet,[1] Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 25 November 1967 | (aged 76)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Tredegar, Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Notable relative(s) | Dai Parker, brother | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Thomas Parker (29 March 1891 – 25 November 1967) was a Welsh international rugby union flanker who played club rugby for Swansea. Parker made his debut for Swansea in 1913 and captained his club in the 1920/21 season Parker would play 15 times for Wales, seven of them as captain. He was surprisingly one of the most successful captains in the history of Welsh rugby with 6 wins and 1 draw, all played during the 1920s, a decade that is seen as the worst period in Welsh rugby.