Bill Clement (rugby union)

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Bill Clement
Birth nameWilliam Harries Clement[1]
Date of birth(1915-04-09)9 April 1915
Place of birthLlanelli, Wales
Date of death10 February 2007(2007-02-10) (aged 91)
Height5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight11 st 0 lb (70 kg)
SchoolLlanelli County School
Occupation(s)accountant
Rugby union career
Position(s) Wing
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
Felinfoel RFC ()
?–1938 Llanelli RFC ()
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1937–1938 Wales 6 (3)
1938 British Isles 0 (0)

William Harries Clement OBE MC TD (9 April 1915 – 10 February 2007) was a Welsh international wing who played club rugby for Llanelli and was capped six times for Wales.[2] Clement was described as a staunch tackler with speed and a good turn of pace;[3] and after his appearance for the British Isles was seen as the best defensive wing of the decade.[4] In his later career he became Secretary of the Welsh Rugby Union.

He served as an infantry officer in the British Army during the Second World War, and was decorated during the Normandy Campaign, and twice wounded.

  1. ^ Bill Clement, The Daily Telegraph obituary, 3 April 2007. Retrieved on 28 October 2008.
  2. ^ Welsh Rugby Union player profiles[permanent dead link‍]
  3. ^ Smith (1980), p. 295.
  4. ^ Smith (1980), p. 296.