Personal information
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Full name | John Thomas | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | Johnny, Johny | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | circa-1880/85 Aberkenfig, Wales |
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Died | 25 September 1954 (aged 73) Ince |
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Playing information
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Height | 5 ft 7 in (170 cm) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 11 st 0 lb (70 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rugby union
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Position | Full back, Scrum-half | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rugby league
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Position | Stand-off, Scrum-half | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: rugbyleagueproject.org englandrl.co.uk |
John "Johnny"/"Johny" Thomas (circa-1880/85 – 25 September 1954 (aged 73)) born in Aberkenfig, was a Welsh rugby union and professional rugby league footballer of the 1900s, 1910s and 1920s, playing representative level rugby union (RU) for Glamorgan, and Gwent, and at club level for Maesteg RFC, and Cardiff RFC, as a Full back, or Scrum-half, i.e. number 15, or 9, and playing representative level rugby league (RL) for Great Britain, Wales, Glamorgan, and Lancashire, and at club level for Wigan, as a Stand-off/Five-eighth, or Scrum-half/Halfback, i.e. number 6 (number 10 in a 15-player team), or 7 (number 9 in a 15-player team), his death was registered in Ince district.
Johnny Thomas won a caps for Wales (RL) while at Wigan including in 1908 against New Zealand, and won caps for Great Britain (RL) while at Wigan in 1908 against New Zealand, and Australia, in 1909 against Australia (2 matches), on the 1910 Great Britain Lions tour of Australia and New Zealand against Australia (2 matches), and Australasia (2 matches), and New Zealand, and in 1911 against Australia.