Walter Williams (rugby union)

Walter Johnson Williams (14 November 1943 — 10 March 1985) was a Welsh rugby union international.^[1]

Walter Williams

Full name	Walter Johnson Williams
Date of birth	(1943-11-14)14 November 1943
Place of birth	Clyne, Wales
Date of death	10 March 1985(1985-03-10) (aged 41)
Place of death	Clyne, Wales
Rugby union career
Position(s) Prop International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1974 Wales 2 (0)

Williams, a farmer from Clyne, was a prop and played his rugby for Neath RFC. He was capped twice for Wales during the 1974 Five Nations Championship, against Ireland and France, both of which ended in draws.^[2]

In 1985, Williams stabbed his wife Janet to death and shot himself with a rifle in a murder–suicide in the kitchen of their Clyne family farm. He had been receiving treatment for depression since 1967 according to an inquest.^[3]

See also

• List of Wales national rugby union players