Graham Price
Birth name | Graham Price | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 24 November 1951 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Moascar, Egypt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | West Monmouth Grammar School Crewe and Alsager College Nash College, Newport | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
University | University of Wales Institute of Science and Technology | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Graham Price
Early life
Graham Price was born in Moascar, Egypt, on 24 November 1951.[1] He was brought up in Pontypool,[2] where he was educated at West Monmouth School. He studied civil engineering at UWIST, part of the University of Wales in Cardiff.[3]
Rugby career
Pontypool
He joined Pontypool after leaving school, and played at tight-head prop. With Bobby Windsor and Charlie Faulkner he became part of the legendary front row, also known as the "Viet Gwent" (a play on Viet Cong) and immortalised in song by Max Boyce.[4][5]
Wales caps
He made his debut for Wales national rugby union team in the 1975 Five Nations Championship against France at the Parc des Princes in Paris. The game featured six players earning their first cap, and the entire Pontypool front line.[6] When the ball was hacked forward some 3 metres (9.8 ft) from the French line following a Welsh counter attack, Price caught the ball as it bounced and ran it in for a try. Wales won by 25–10,[7] their biggest victory over the French since 1909,[4] and the try was subsequently voted the fourth best try ever by a Welsh player. The BBC’s commentator of the match Nigel Starmer-Smith memorably said of Price’s try at the time ‘They will never believe it in Pontypool’.[7] Grand Slams followed for the Wales team in 1976 and 1978.[8]
British and Irish Lion
Price played as a prop in a record 12 successive tests for the
Outside rugby
In 2012 Price made a cameo appearance as himself in an episode of the UK comedy drama
Recognition
Price was appointed a
References
- ^ "Graham Price". ESPN. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
- ^ Wellings, Lee (31 January 2014). "Battle to keep Welsh rugby clubs alive". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
- ^ Parfitt, Delme (16 June 2007). "Graham Price was born in Moascar, Egypt, on November 24, 1951". Wales Online. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
- ^ a b c Richards, Huw (23 January 2015). "The day the Viet Gwent were unleashed on France". ESPN. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
- ^ Gallagher, Brendon (1 November 2005). "Feared Viet Gwent reform for a night to remember". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
- ^ Parfitt, Delme (21 March 2014). "Graham Price and Shane Williams recall their big Wales breaks via Probables versus Possibles matches". Wales Online. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
- ^ a b "Prop Idols: Megan York meets Graham Price". Welsh Rugby Union. 8 March 2016. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
- ^ a b Skellon, Katharine (23 December 2015). "Ex-Wales and Pontypool rugby legend Graham Price gets new front teeth in time for Christmas". South Wales Argus. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
- ^ a b c "Graham Price". British and Irish Lions. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
- ^ "James Corden spotted filming new comedy in Wales with Ruth Jones". 21 March 2013. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
- ^ United Kingdom list: "No. 58358". The London Gazette (1st supplement). 15 June 2007. p. 21.
Further reading
- Graham Price (1984) Price of Wales (Willow Books) ISBN 0-00-218066-9