Alun Edward Islwyn Pask (10 September 1937 – 1 November 1995)[2] was a Wales international rugby union player and captain. He was a long serving (29 years) and highly respected teacher at Tredegar Comprehensive School.[3]
| Birth name | Alun Edward Islwyn Pask | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 10 September 1937 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Blackwood, Caerphilly, Wales[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 1 November 1995 (aged 58) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Blackwood, Caerphilly, Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Pontllanfraith Grammar | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University | Loughborough University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Pask was capped twenty-six times by Wales between 1961 and 1967, twenty-three times as a flanker and three times as at number eight. He scored two tries for Wales, the first on his international debut and toured South Africa with Wales in 1964. He captained Wales in six internationals and led the side to victory in the 1966 Five Nations Championship.[4] He was selected for the 1962 British Lions tour to South Africa, playing in three of the four internationals against South Africa, and the 1966 British Lions tour to Australia and New Zealand where he played in both tests against Australia and three of the four against New Zealand.
He played club rugby for Abertillery.
References
edit- ^ Alun Pask Profile on scrum.com
- ^ Griffiths, John (1987). The Phoenix Book of International Rugby Records. London: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. pp. 12:32. ISBN 0-460-07003-7.
- ^ "PASK, ALUN EDWARD ISLWYN (1937 - 1995), rugby player and teacher | Dictionary of Welsh Biography".
- ^ Griffiths, page 4:34-4:37
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