Dai Royston Bevan

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Dai Royston Bevan (1928-2008), of Heywood, formerly of Middleton and South Wales, was an international rugby player who played for Great Britain, Wales, Halifax and Wigan throughout his sporting career.

Bevan was know as Roy by close family members, was one of the members of the Halifax team that played in the 1954 Challenge Cup Final replay at Odsal, when over 100,000 spectators packed into the ground. The stadium boasts one of the largest attendances of all time for rugby league (102,569) when Halifax played Warrington on the 5 May 1954.

As the left wingman, he played 101 matches for Halifax between 1953 and 1956, scoring 34 tries.

He had been signed from Wigan, where he had won Test honours for Great Britain in 1952.

Following his rugby career, he was a teacher at Moorclose (Middleton Tech).

[edit] Death

Bevan died on April 12, 2008, aged 80 years, just months after his brother and life-long friend, Gerald Bevan, died. His family and friends attended the funeral on April 21, 2008 at Rochdale Crematorium to say their final goodbyes.

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