Alun Thomas

{{short description|British Lions & Wales international rugby union footballer}}

{{For|those of a similar name|Alun Thomas (disambiguation)|Alan Thomas (disambiguation)}}

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| name = Alun Thomas

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| birth_name = Alun Gruffydd Thomas

| birth_date = {{birth date|1926|2|3|df=y}}

| birth_place = Cwmavon, Neath Port Talbot, Wales

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1991|5|8|1926|2|3|df=yes}}

| death_place = Swansea, Wales

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| position = Centre

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| amatyears4 = 1950-1954

| amatyears5 = 1954

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| amatteam1 = Llanelli Wanderers RFC

| amatteam2 = Llangennech RFC

| amatteam3 = Swansea RFC

| amatteam4 = Cardiff RFC

| amatteam5 = Llanelli RFC

| amatteam6 = Barbarian F.C.

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| repteam1 = Wales

| repteam2 = British Lions

| repyears1 = 1952–1955

| repyears2 = 1955

| repcaps1 = 13

| repcaps2 = 0

| reppoints1 = 6

| reppoints2 = 0

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| school = Port Talbot County School

| university = University College, Aberystwyth

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Alun Gruffydd Thomas (3 February 1926 – 8 May 1991)[http://www.espnscrum.com/wales/rugby/player/5515.html Alun Thomas player profile] Scrum.com was a rugby union centre from Cwmavon who played international rugby for Wales between 1952 and 1955. He studied at UCW Aberystwyth and played for the college first team and the newly founded Rugby Club.

At club level he represented Cardiff, Swansea and Llanelli, and was also selected for invitational tourists The Barbarians. In 1955 he toured with the British Lions in South Africa, playing in five games.{{cite web | url = http://www.lionsrugby.com/6012.php?player=16766&includeref=dynamic| title= Alun Thomas|publisher= British Lions Ltd 2008|accessdate = 2012-07-01}} He then managed the team 19 years later on the 1974 tour of South Africa. He won his first cap as a centre against England in Twickenham.