Gwilym Michael

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| name = Gwilym Michael

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| full_name = Gwilym Morgan Michael

| birth_date = {{birth date|1892|07|08|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Ynysmeudwy, Wales

| death_date = {{death date and age|1941|05|24|1892|07|08|df=yes}}

| death_place = Pontardawe, Wales

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| position = Forward

| repyears1 = 1923

| repteam1 = {{nrut|Wales}}

| repcaps1 = 3

| reppoints1 = 3

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Gwilym Morgan Michael (8 July 1892 – 24 May 1941) was a Welsh international rugby union player.{{cite news |title=Funeral of Mr. Gwilym Michael |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004700/19410531/006/0006 |work=Herald of Wales |date=31 May 1941}}

Michael hailed from Pontardawe in the Swansea Valley and attended Swansea Grammar School.{{cite news |title=Strong R.A.F. Side For Llanelly? |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004705/19410210/003/0003 |work=South Wales Daily Post |date=10 February 1941}}

A fast and versatile forward, Michael played for Swansea RFC and was the club's second top scorer in the 1922-23 season. His three Wales caps all came during their 1923 Five Nations campaign. He also represented a combined England and Wales XV in that's year centenary match at Rugby School.{{cite news |title=Ex-Rugby Star's Death |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004705/19410526/004/0004 |work=South Wales Daily Post |date=26 May 1941}}

Michael was a veteran of World War I and served as a Commander of Signals for the Home Guard during World War II. He collapsed and died in 1941 after participating in a parade with his Home Guard unit.