Dai Collier

Dai Collier

Personal information
Full name	David John Collier[1]
Date of birth	(1894-04-12)12 April 1894
Place of birth	Llwynypia, Wales[1]
Date of death	30 November 1972(1972-11-30) (aged 78)[2]
Height	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)[3]
Position(s)	Inside right
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	St Cynon Church
	Mid Rhondda
1920–1921	Grimsby Town	44	(13)
	Llanelly
	Mid Rhondda United
1924–1927	Barry	66	(17)
International career
1921	Wales	1	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

David John Collier MM (12 April 1894 – 30 November 1972) was a Welsh semi-professional football inside right who played in the Football League for Grimsby Town.[1] He finished his career with Barry, playing more than 65 times for the club.[4] He scored on his only cap for Wales, in a 2–1 British Home Championship win over Scotland on 12 February 1921.[5]

Personal life

Collier served in the Welsh Regiment during the First World War and was awarded the Military Medal for an act of heroism at Mametz Wood during the Battle of the Somme in July 1916.[6] He suffered shrapnel wounds to the leg during the engagement.[6]

See also

• List of Wales international footballers (alphabetical)

References

1. Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939 (Third edition, with revisions ed.). Toton, Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 62. ISBN 9781905891610. OCLC 841581272.
2. "Dai Collier". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
3. "Third Division. Northern Section. Grimsby Town". Athletic News. Manchester. 15 August 1921. p. 6.
4. "Season Archive". Barry Town United F.C. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
5. "Scotland – International Matches 1921–1930". RSSSF. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
6. Edwards, Dave (25 July 2007). "War hero traces family tree on TV". walesonline. Retrieved 15 March 2019.