Jack Rhapps, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jack Rhapps

Welsh rugby union and rugby league footballer

Date of Birth: 15-Jul-1876

Place of Birth: Aberaman, Wales, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 23-Jan-1950

Profession: rugby union player, rugby league player

Nationality: Wales, United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

John "Jack" Rhapps (15 July 1876 – 23 January 1950) was a Welsh international rugby union forward who played club rugby for Penygraig, and international rugby for Wales.
Rhapps later "Went North", when he turned professional, joining rugby league team Salford, and along with Anthony Starks they became the World's first dual-code rugby internationals. Rhapps was born in the Penylan pub in Aberaman, near Aberdare, but came to the Rhondda Valley to find work.
A collier by profession, Rhapps was one of the first 'Rhondda forwards', an aggressive style of forward player who was expected to play a more physical style of game.