Maxwell Lloyd Wiltshire (16 July 1938 – 19 September 2021[1]) was a Welsh international rugby union player. He played as a lock forward[2] for Aberavon RFC during the 1960s.
Birth name | Maxwell Lloyd Wiltshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 16 July 1938 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Milsom Point, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 19 September 2021 | (aged 83)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Rhydhir Lower Comprehensive | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Occupation(s) | oil process worker taxi driver | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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First capped against the touring All Blacks in 1967 along with fellow Aberavon players, Billy Mainwaring, Ian Hall and Paul James Wheeler he won four Welsh caps.
He captained Aberavon in the 1965–66 & 1966–67 seasons.
References
edit- ^ Wales international passes away as tributes paid to 'a great player and great man'
- ^ "Max Wiltshire". ESPNscrum. Retrieved 2 April 2011.