John Leighton Davies
Athlete
1927 –
Who is John Leighton Davies?
John Leighton Davies was a Welsh rugby union and professional rugby league footballer of the 1940s and '50s, playing representative level rugby union for Glamorgan County RFC, and at club level for Neath RFC, and playing club level rugby league for Wakefield Trinity, as a Centre, i.e. number 3 or 4.
After retirement, he became a patron of Wakefield RFC and was an active supporter of the club until his death.
He was also heavily responsible for Wakefield RFC’s 'Salute to Rugby' book a compilation of "favourite recipes from famous people" including Prince Charles and the then Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, which was published in 1980 in support of Wakefield Rugby Football Club.
An acknowledgment in the book reads
“J Leighton Davies, for his superhuman efforts in compiling all the recipes”.
He was the father in law of former Wakefield RFC captain Martin Shuttleworth and grandfather of Otley's Iain Shuttleworth.
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