Name Bill Davies | ||
Bill Davies was a Welsh rugby union and rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s, playing at representative level for Wales, and at club level for Huddersfield, as a fullback, Centre, or stand-off/five-eighth, i.e. number 1, 3 or 4, or 6.
Davies started his career as a rugby union player at Neath RFC. In 1939, he switched codes and joined rugby league side Huddersfield.
Davies played , Centre in Huddersfield's 4-13 defeat by Wigan in the Championship Final during the 1945–46 season at Maine Road, Manchester on Saturday 18 May 1946.
In the first full season after the war, a new record transfer fee of £1,650 was set when Dewsbury bought Davies from Huddersfield, (based on increases in average earnings, this would be approximately £235,500 in 2014).