George Bennet

George Bennet(t) (8 July 1913 — 31 August 1970) was a Welsh rugby union and professional rugby league footballer of the 1930s who at representative level played rugby league for Wales, and at club level for Wigan, playing Centre, Stand-off/Five-eighth, or Scrum-half/Halfback, i.e. number 3 or 4, 6, or 7. George Bennet(t) had left Wales because the racism of the Welsh Rugby Union acted as a bar to his selection to their national team, no black person played for Wales (RU) before the 1980s. In 1935, George Bennet(t) became the first black man to represent a British national team at rugby league by playing for Wales (RL). In 1906 James Peters played for Devon against South Africa, however the tourists belatedly noticed Peters' colour and...