About Horace Phillips
Lived 1928 – 2009 (aged 80–81). Horace Phillips was a rugby union player.
David Horace Phillips (24 August 1928 – 12 December 2009) was a Welsh international rugby union player.
Phillips was born in the Swansea suburb of Birchgrove and attended Dynevor School.
Active in the 1950s, Phillips was a Swansea wing three-quarter, capped once by Wales in the 1952 Five Nations Championship, against France at St Helens. He was in the Swansea side that drew with the visiting All Blacks in 1953, toured Romania with the club in 1954 and held their captaincy during the 1955–56 season.
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Who was Horace Phillips?
rugby player
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Horace Phillips was born in 1928.
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Horace Phillips died in 2009.
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Horace Phillips was a rugby union player.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Horace Phillips. https://biography.guide/horace-phillips-rugby-union-player/
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