Cyril Challinor

Cyril Challinor
Date of birth(1912-05-13)13 May 1912
Place of birthCrynant, Wales
Date of death29 November 1976(1976-11-29) (aged 64)
Place of deathNeath, Wales
Rugby union career
Position(s) Wing-forward
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1939 Wales 1 (0)

Cyril Challinor (13 May 1912 — 29 November 1976) was a Welsh international rugby union player.

Challinor hailed from Crynant near Neath and joined Crynant RFC as a teenager.[1]

A wing-forward, Challinor moved to Neath RFC during the 1933–34 season, from where he gained his solitary Wales cap in the 1939 Home Nations, playing against England at Twickenham.[2]

Challinor remained with Neath until retiring after the 1945–46 season, but continued to serve the club with various roles on the committee, including chairman.[3] He was an engineering foreman by profession and worked at Blaenant Colliery.[1]

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References

  1. ^ a b "Two very proud and very happy rugby-men ..." Neath Guardian. 3 August 1973.
  2. ^ "Challinor dies". Evening Telegraph. 30 November 1976.
  3. ^ "Neath Rugby Chairman". Western Mail. 26 July 1956.