Gareth Edwards
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About
Former Welsh rugby union player; widely considered the best Welsh rugby player of all time.
Before Fame
He was a talented soccer player and gymnast as a teenager; he signed with Swansea Town soccer at the young age of 16.
Trivia
He was only 19 when he won his first rugby international cap for Wales against France in 1967.
Family Life
His father was a coal miner in Gwaun-cae-Gurwen, Wales, where Edwards was born and raised.
Associated With
He and Ryan Jones are two of very few Welsh players in rugby history to have won three Grand Slams.
