Dai Rees (rugby, born c. 1885)
{{Short description|Wales international rugby league & union footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2016}}
{{Use British English|date=October 2016}}
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|name = David Rees
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|birth_place = Fishguard, Wales
|death_date =
|death_place = unknown
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|position = Forward
|ru_club1 = Penygraig RFC
|ru_year1start = ≤1904
|ru_year1end = 04
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|club1 = Salford
|year1start = 1904
|year1end = 12
|appearances1 = 198
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|goals1 = 0
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|points1 = 42
|teamA = Other Nationalities
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|yearAend = 06
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|yearBstart = 1908
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|retired = yes
|source = {{cite web|url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/d-rees/summary.html|title=Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org|publisher=rugbyleagueproject.org|date=31 December 2017|accessdate=1 January 2018}}{{Rugby league records |id=10004 |title=Dai Rees |access-date=27 November 2024}}
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David "Dai" Rees (birth unknown – death unknown) was a Welsh rugby union and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1900s and 1910s. He played club level rugby union (RU) for Penygraig RFC, and representative level rugby league (RL) for Wales, and at club level for Salford, as a forward.{{cite book| first1= Graham| last1= Williams| first2= Peter| last2= Lush| first3= David| last3= Farrar| title= The British Rugby League Records Book| publisher= London League| isbn= 978-1-903659-49-6| year= 2009| pages= 108–114}}
Background
Dai Rees was born in Dinas Cross, Fishguard, Wales.
Playing career
=International honours=
Dai Rees won two caps for Wales while at Salford in 1908.
=Challenge Cup Final appearances=
Dai Rees played as a forward in Salford's 0–5 defeat by Bradford F.C. in the 1906 Challenge Cup Final during the 1905–06 season at Headingley, Leeds on Saturday 28 April 1906.Irvin Saxton (publish date tbc) "History of Rugby League – № 11 – 1905–06". Rugby Leaguer ISBN n/a
References
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Category:20th-century Welsh sportsmen
Category:Other Nationalities rugby league team players
Category:Penygraig RFC players
Category:Place of death missing
Category:Rugby league forwards
Category:Rugby league players from Pembrokeshire
Category:Rugby union players from Fishguard
Category:Salford Red Devils players
Category:Sportspeople from Fishguard
Category:Wales national rugby league team players
Category:Welsh rugby league players