Jack Matthews (rugby union), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jack Matthews (rugby union)

Welsh rugby union player

Date of Birth: 21-Jun-1920

Place of Birth: Bridgend, Wales, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 18-Jul-2012

Profession: military physician, rugby union player

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Jack Matthews (21 June 1920 – 18 July 2012) was a Welsh physician and rugby union international centre who played first-class club rugby for Cardiff and Newport.
Along with Bleddyn Williams, Matthews formed a centre partnership which is regarded as one of the finest in the game.
He was also a devastating tackler, once described as "a cross between a bulldozer and a brick wall". Matthews won 17 caps for Wales and six with the British Lions, though his career was curtailed by the Second World War.
Matthews was a general practitioner by profession and travelled with the 1980 Lions on their tour of South Africa as the team doctor.