JPR Timeline
The Late-JPR Williams will be remembered as one of the most iconic figures of Rugby Union.
‘They say that some people are born with greatness and that others have it thrust upon them, JPR demanded it of himself and earned it throughout his life in so many different ways’ --Mervyn Davies
JOHN PETER RHYS WILLIAMS MBE: TIMELINE
1949 Born March 2nd
1953-9 Laleston County Primary School
1959-60 Bryntiron Prep School
1960-6 Bridgend Boys Grammar School
1966-7 Millfield School
1966 British Junior Hardcourt Title at Wimbledon Tennis Title
1967-73 St Mary’s Hospital Medical School
1967 Welsh Secondary Schools rugby cap (3)
1968 Welsh rugby tour to Argentina
1968 1st Bachelor of Medicine
1969 Full Welsh Cap
1970 2nd Bachelor of Medicine
1971 British Lions tour of NZ (all four tests)
1973 Barbarians v New Zealand ‘the greatest match’
1974 British Lions tour of South Africa (all four tests)
1975 Wales tour of Japan
1977 Rothman’s Player of 1976-77
1977 Appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
1978 Wales tour of Australia
1979 Wales 50th cap
1979 This is Your Life
1981 Final Wales cap (55)
1997 Inductee to International Rugby Hall of Fame
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