Gwyn Thomas (other)
Gwyn Thomas may refer to: * Gwyn Thomas (sportsman) (1891–1932), Welsh cricketer for Glamorgan CCC, and rugby union footballer for Neath RFC *Gwyn Thomas (rugby), rugby union and rugby league footballer of the 1910s, and 1920s *Gwyn Thomas (novelist) (1913–1981), prose writer *Gwyn Thomas (poet) (1936–2016), National Poet for Wales 2006 * Gwyn Thomas (tennis), American tennis player (female) *Gwyn Thomas (reporter) (1913–2010), crime reporter *Gwyn Thomas (footballer) David Gwyn Thomas (born 26 September 1957) is a Welsh former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Career After starting his career with West End in Swansea, he joined Leeds United, making his debut for the club as a substitute o ...

Gwyn Thomas (sportsman)
John Leslie Gwyn Thomas (14 March 1891 – ) was a Welsh sportsman who played both rugby and cricket at domestic level. Thomas was born and died in Neath. Thomas played both sports for Neath while attending grammar school, his cricket skill commended on account of his bold striking of the ball and free scoring, possessing enough power to lift the ball out of the cricket ground. He became a regular team member in Glamorgan's Minor Counties fixtures between 1910 and 1920, before finally getting his chance at first-class cricket in 1922, when other batsmen became unavailable, before being interrupted in his quest for further possible play by his business commitments. Thomas played rugby union for Neath RFC, captaining the team during the 1920–21 season. He also played for Barbarian F.C. The Barbarian Football Club, known as the Barbarians is a British-based invitational rugby union club. The Barbarians play in black and white hoops, though players wear socks from thei ...
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Gwyn Thomas (rugby)
William Gwyn Thomas (22 October 1892 – 11 January 1984) was a Welsh rugby union, and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1910s and 1920s who played rugby union (RU) for Cardiff and London Welsh, and representative level rugby league (RL) for Great Britain, Wales and Other Nationalities, and at club level for Wigan and Huddersfield, as a or . Whilst playing for Wigan Thomas was selected to go on the 1914 Great Britain Lions tour of Australia and New Zealand, playing as a in the second Test match of the Ashes series against Australia. It was claimed that Thomas played rugby union for Barbarian F.C. against South Africa in November 1915. However the Barbarians website say that it wasn't him, that instead it was another Gwyn Thomas who also played rugby union for Neath RFC. Whilst playing for Huddersfield Thomas was selected to go on the 1920 Great Britain Lions tour of Australasia. He was vice-captain, and played at fullback in all three Test matches o ...
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Gwyn Thomas (novelist)
Gwyn Thomas (6 July 1913 – 13 April 1981) was a Welsh writer, dramatist, '' Punch''-columnist, radio broadcaster and raconteur, who has been called "the true voice of the English-speaking valleys". Early life Gwyn Thomas was born in Cymmer, Porth in the Rhondda Valley, the youngest of 12 children, to coalminer Walter Morgan Thomas and his wife. His mother died when he was aged six, and he was consequently brought up by his sister, often with handouts from the local soup kitchen. After winning a scholarship, Thomas studied Spanish at the University of Oxford. Plagued by mysterious health problems, terribly poor and depressed, it was only after spending a summer and a term at the end of his second year at Complutense University of Madrid, thanks to a miners' scholarship, that he decided to complete his studies. Thomas was diagnosed at the age of 23 with a previously undetected thyroid malfunction that had been poisoning him for years, which was operated on to prevent his dea ...
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Gwyn Thomas (poet)
Gwyn Thomas (2 September 1936 – 13 April 2016) was a Welsh poet and academic. He was the second National Poet of Wales, holding the role between 2006 and 2008. Early life and education Born in Tanygrisiau, Gwynedd, and brought up there and in Blaenau Ffestiniog, Thomas was educated at Ysgol Sir Ffestiniog, University of Wales, Bangor and Jesus College, Oxford; Prof Thomas was Emeritus Professor of Welsh at the University of Wales, Bangor. Career Thomas published 16 volumes of poetry, several volumes of work as a literary and cultural critic and also translated the Mabinogion into English. His first work as a poet ''Chwerwder yn y Ffynhonnau'' ("''Bitterness in the Fountains''") was published in 1962, while his last, ''Hen Englynion - Diweddariadau'', was published in 2015 by Barddas. As a literary and cultural critic, he published several volumes of essays, critiques, adaptations and translations, including the classic ''Y Traddodiad Barddol'' – a study of the classic po ...
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Gwyn Thomas (tennis)
Gwyneth Thomas (9 July 1940 — 10 October 2005) was an American tennis player of the 1950s and 1960s. A native of Shaker Heights, Ohio, Thomas was the youngest child of Charles and Gertrude Thomas. She developed her game at the local Cleveland Skating Club and in 1955 won an Orange Bowl title for the 15s age group. Thomas, who had a best national ranking of sixth, won the singles title at the Tri-State Tennis Championships (now known as the Cincinnati Open) in 1958 and was a runner-up in doubles. She was runner-up to Dorothy Knode at the U.S. Women's Clay Court Championships in 1960. She was a member of the U.S. team for the 1961 Wightman Cup but didn't feature in any matches. In 1962 she upset Maria Bueno Maria Esther Andion Bueno (11 October 1939 – 8 June 2018) was a Brazilian professional tennis player. During her 11-year career in the 1950s and 1960s, she won 19 Grand Slam titles (seven in women's singles, 11 in women's doubles, and one in ... in the final of the San ...
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Gwyn Thomas (reporter)
Gwyn "Jocko" Thomas (August 16, 1913 – May 5, 2010) was a crime reporter with CFRB and the ''Toronto Star''. Born in Toronto, Thomas began his news career as a newsboy at the corner of Bathurst Street and Bloor Street in 1925. After one year of high school, Thomas was hired by the ''Toronto Star'' as a copyboy in 1929. He worked his way as a general reporter in the early 1930s to becoming the paper's crime reporter by 1939. In the 1960s, Thomas entered a new medium by becoming a radio crime reporter on CFRB. Thomas' career involved covering the minor criminal activities in Toronto's suburbs, but also famous criminal stories: * Christie Pits race riots in 1933. * Stanley Buckowski on death row at California's San Quentin prison (1951); and execution 1952. * Boyd Gang Widely remembered for his unique sign-off at the end of his live radio news reports: "This is Jocko Thomas of The Toronto Star reporting to CFRB... from police headquarters." Retired in 1989, Thomas died at a ...
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