Ray Glastonbury
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| Full name | Raymond Glastonbury | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 11 December 1938 Bedwellty district, Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 28 February 2026 (aged 87) Cardiff, Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Wing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Raymond Glastonbury (11 December 1938 – 28 February 2026) was a Welsh rugby union and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s and 1960s. He played club-level rugby union (RU) for Cardiff RFC, as a wing, and representative-level rugby league (RL) for Wales, and at club-level for Workington Town, as a wing.[1][3]
Background
Ray Glastonbury was born in Bedwellty district, Wales, and he was the younger brother of the rugby union wing who played in the 1950s and 1960s for Cardiff RFC (11 matches during the 1958/59 season), Glamorgan Wanderers RFC and Pontypridd RFC; Blandford Glastonbury (birth registered first ¼ 1934 (age 91–92) in Pontypridd district, marriage to Patricia K. (née Collins) registered third ¼ 1958 in Cardiff district).[4]
Glastonbury died on 28 February 2026 at the age of 87.[5][6]
Playing career
Glastonbury was the 1962–63 season's top try scorer with 41 tries. He won a cap for Wales while at Workington Town in 1963.[1]
He scored 133 tries in 206 appearances for the club between 1962 and 1968.[7]
References
- ^ a b c "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
- ^ "Player Summary: Ray Glastonbury". Rugby League Records. Rugby League Record Keepers Club. Retrieved 22 November 2024.
- ^ Williams, Graham; Lush, Peter; Farrar, David (2009). The British Rugby League Records Book. London League. pp. 108–114. ISBN 978-1-903659-49-6.
- ^ "Blandford Glastonbury Statistics at cardiffrfc.com". cardiffrfc.com. 31 December 2019. Archived from the original on 21 January 2016. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
- ^ "RIP Ray Glastonbury". Wales Rugby League. 4 March 2026. Retrieved 4 March 2026.
- ^ Raymond Glastonbury
- ^ "Former Workington Town star of the 1960s returns to his old stomping ground". News and Star. 26 April 2017. Retrieved 22 November 2024.
External links
- (archived by web.archive.org) Workington and Hull KR triumph in the regions
- (archived by web.archive.org) Past Players → G & H at cardiffrfc.com
- (archived by web.archive.org) Statistics at cardiffrfc.com