Billy Gore
- April 13, 2010
- 90 years
About Billy Gore
Billy Gore was a notable figure. Gore died in 2010 at the age of 90.
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Full Biography
|William Gore (19 November 1919 – 13 April 2010) was a Welsh rugby union, and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s. He played representative level rugby union (RU) for Wales, and at club level for Newbridge RFC, as a hooker, and club level rugby league (RL) for St Helens, Warrington, as a hooker.
Outside of rugby
Billy Gore was born in Blaina, Wales he worked as a foundryman while playing for Newbridge RFC, he became a landlord of public house(s), he was a lifelong Labour Party supporter, and was elected as a Councillor, he became chairman of Gwent County Council, and Mayor of Nantyglo, and he died aged 90 in Nevill Hall Hospital, Abergavenny, Wales.
International honours
Billy Gore won caps for Wales (RU) while at Newbridge RFC in 1947 against Scotland, France, and Ireland.
Genealogical Information
Billy Gore was the son of the rugby union, and rugby league footballer who played in the 1920s; Jack Gore.
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