Lou Rees

Lewis Morgan Rees

Personal information
Full name	Lewis Morgan Rees
Nickname	Lou, Lew
Born	7 January 1910 Treherbert, Wales
Died	21 December 1976 (aged 66) Manchester, England
Playing information
Rugby union
Position	Flanker
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
	Treorchy RFC
	Cardiff RFC
	Total	0	0	0	0	0
Representative
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
1933	Wales	1	0	0	0	0
Rugby league
Position	Prop
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
25 Aug 1934–39	Oldham	125	21	7	0	77
1944–45	Oldham
	Total	125	21	7	0	77
Representative
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
1935–38	Wales	5
Source: rugbyleagueproject.org

Lewis "Lou"/"Lew" Morgan Rees (7 January 1910 – 21 December 1976 (aged 66)) born in Treherbert, was a Welsh dual-code international rugby union and professional rugby league footballer of the 1930s and 1940s, playing representative level rugby union (RU) for Wales, and at club level for Treorchy RFC, and Cardiff RFC, as a Flanker, i.e. number 6 or 7, and playing representative level rugby league (RL) for Wales, and at club level for Oldham (both pre- and post-World War II), as a Prop, i.e. number 8 or 10, during the era of contested scrums,^[1] he died in Manchester,

International honours

Lou Rees won a cap for Wales (RU) while at Cardiff on Saturday 11 March 1933 against Ireland,^[2] and won 5 caps for Wales (RL) in 1935–1938 while at Oldham.^[3]

References

1. Williams, Graham; Lush, Peter; Farrar, David (2009). The British Rugby League Records Book. London League. pp. 108–114. ISBN 978-1-903659-49-6.
2. "Statistics at wru.co.uk". wru.co.ukg. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
3. "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.

External links

• Statistics at orl-heritagetrust.org.uk
• Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org
• Statistics at espnscrum.com
• Statistics at wru.co.uk