George Oliver

Who was George Oliver?

George Oliver born in Pontypool, was a Welsh dual-code international rugby union and professional rugby league footballer of the 1910s and '20s, playing representative level rugby union for Wales, and at club level for Talywain RFC, Pill Harriers RFC, and Pontypool RFC, as a Lock, i.e. number 4 or 5, and playing representative level rugby league for Wales, and at club level for Hull, and Pontypridd, as a Prop, or Hooker, i.e. number 8 or 10, or 9, during the era of contested scrums, he died in Pontypool.