Dai Davies (sportsman)

Dai Davies
Personal information
Full nameDavid Davies
Born12 May 1880
Llanelli, Wales
Died23 June 1944(1944-06-23) (aged 64)
Manchester, England
Playing information
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight12 st 2 lb (77 kg)
Rugby union
PositionHalf-backs
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
≤1899–99 Llanelli RFC
Rugby league
PositionHalves
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1899–02 Swinton
1900–02 Salford 43 10 7 44
1910–≥10 Swinton
≤1913–13 Leigh 5 0 0 0 0
Total 48 10 7 0 44
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1900–01 Lancashire 3 1 3
1910 Wales 1
Source: module =
Association football career
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1902–10 Bolton Wanderers 123 (0)
International career
1904–08 Wales 3 (0)
RelativesDaniel Davies (brother)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

David "Dai" Davies (12 May 1880 – 23 June 1944) was a Welsh rugby union, professional rugby league and association footballer who played in the 1890s, 1900s and 1910s. He played club level rugby union (RU) for Llanelli RFC. He played representative level rugby league (RL) for Wales and Lancashire, and at club level for Swinton (two spells), and Leigh, and representative level association football for Wales, and at club level for Bolton Wanderers, as a goalkeeper. Dai Davies is the only person to have appeared in both the rugby league Challenge Cup Final and the association football FA Cup Final, and is one of the very few, perhaps the only, footballer to play for Wales at both international association football and international rugby league.