Rees Stephens, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Welsh rugby union player
Date of Birth: 16-Apr-1922
Place of Birth: Neath, Wales, United Kingdom
Date of Death: 04-Feb-1998
Profession: rugby union player
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Aries 
About Rees Stephens
- John Rees Glyn Stephens (16 April 1922 – 4 February 1998) was a Welsh international number 8 who played club rugby for Tonmawr RFC and Neath.
- He won 32 caps for Wales and was selected to play in the British Lions on the 1950 tour of Australia and New Zealand.
- He was the son of a past Welsh rugby international, Glyn Stephens, who was also president of the Welsh Rugby Union.Born in 1922 in Neath, Stephens played under-14s rugby for Wales and then after being accepted to Llandovery College, he played for Wales Secondary Schools.
- During the Second World War Stephens played scratch rugby for many clubs while working as a miner.
- Initially a number eight, Stephens would later switch to the second row.
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