David Morgan Evans

{{short description|Wales international rugby league footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}}

{{Infobox rugby league biography

|first = RU

|name = David Evans

|fullname = David Morgan Evans

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|birth_date = 21 April 1911

|birth_place = Glynneath, Wales

|death_date = 24 May 1941 (aged 30)

|death_place = {{HMS|Hood|51|6}}, Denmark Strait, off Greenland

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|ru_position = Forwards

|position = {{rlp|PR}}

|ru_club1 = Glynneath RFC

|ru_year1start = ≤1933

|ru_year1end = ≤33

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|ru_club2 = Neath RFC

|ru_year2start = ≤1933

|ru_year2end = ≥34

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|club1 = Huddersfield

|year1start = ≤1936

|year1end = ≥36

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|teamA = Wales

|yearAstart = 1936

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|appearancesA = 2

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|new = yes

|retired = yes

|updated = 10 May 2012

|source = {{cite web|url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/d-evans/summary.html|title=Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org|publisher=rugbyleagueproject.org|date=31 December 2011|accessdate=1 January 2012}}

| module = {{Infobox military person|embed=yes

| allegiance = {{flag|United Kingdom}}

| branch = {{navy|United Kingdom}}

| serviceyears = -1941

| rank = Stoker Second Class

| servicenumber = P/KX 108911{{Cite web|url=http://www.hmshood.com/crew/memorial/e/EvansDM.htm |title=In Remembrance of DAVID MORGAN EVANS |accessdate=13 November 2019 |work=HMS Hood Association}}

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| battles = Second World War

• Atlantic War
• Operation Rheinübung
• {{nowrap|Battle of the Denmark Strait {{KIA}}}}

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David Morgan Evans (21 April 1911 – 24 May 1941) was a Welsh rugby union, and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1930s. He played club level rugby union (RU) for Glynneath RFC and Neath RFC, as a forward, and representative level rugby league (RL) for Wales, and at club level for Huddersfield, as a {{rlp|pr}}.