Gareth Price (rugby league)
Gareth Morgan Price, also known by the nickname of "Big G", was a Welsh rugby union and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s and 1950s, and coached rugby league in the 1950s. He played club level rugby union for Llanelli RFC, and representative level rugby league for Wales, and at club level for Leeds, Halifax and Doncaster , as a, i.e. number 3 or 4, and coached at club level for Doncaster,Background
Gareth Price was born in Llanelli, Wales and he died aged 74 from pancreatic cancer at Leeds General Infirmary, West Yorkshire, England.International honours
Gareth Price won 11 caps for Wales in 1945–1948 while at Leeds.Genealogical information
Gareth Price's marriage to Sheila was registered during first ¼ 1948 in Leeds district, They had a daughter Tracey Anne Price, and grandchildren Gareth William and Barbara Lyn (his 3rd grandchild David Christopher had died from cot death in. Gareth Price lived in Headingley, and following his retirement from rugby league, he and his wife Sheila, opened up a Newsagent's shop on North Lane, Headingley, he retired from work a few years before his death, he died 6-weeks after returning from holiday in Torrevieja, Spain.
Gareth Price was cremated, and his ashes were scattered at Lawnswood Cemetery, Leeds along with his mother-in-law, father-in-law, his grandchild David Christopher, and also his good friend, and fellow rugby footballer; Thomas Leslie "T.L."/"Les" Williams. His wife Sheila Price, died during November 2010.
