Aaron Rees
| Date of birth | 2 August 1886 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Maesteg, Glamorgan, Wales | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 22 January 1950 (aged 63) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Swansea, Wales | ||||||||||||||||
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Aaron Rees (2 August 1886 — 22 January 1950) was a Welsh international rugby union player.[1]
Born in Maesteg, Rees captained his hometown club Maesteg RFC and gained a single Wales cap, as one of their forwards in the one-off match against the 1919 New Zealand Army team in Swansea.[2]
Rees was a mine worker at Navigation Colliery in his younger days and later worked in construction.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ They Played Rugby for Wales (2023 edition). Eric Lemon. 11 May 2024. ISBN 0645362662.
- ^ "Wales and New Zealand". Western Mail. 14 April 1919.
- ^ "Late Mr. A. Rees, Pyle and Maesteg". The Glamorgan Gazette. 3 February 1950.
External links
[edit]- Aaron Rees at ESPNscrum