Welsh Famous Boy Names with Letter W

Is a former professional footballer and football manager. In his playing career he was a full-back.

Is a former professional footballer and football manager. In his playing career he was a full-back. He was born in Risca.Edwards began his career as an amateur with Cardiff City before moving on to Lovells Athletic from whom he joined Crystal Palace in September 1949. The previous year he had played in the Army Cup Final between The Royal Armoured Corps (Bovington) and No 121 Training Regiment of the Royal Artillery (Oswestry) in which two players died after being struck by lightning.

Was a former British swimmer and captain of the British swimming team at the 1952 and 1956 Olympic G

Was a former British swimmer and captain of the British swimming team at the 1952 and 1956 Olympic Games. He was born in Bristol and died in Newport. Brockway made his Olympic début at the 1948 Olympic Games in London, United Kingdom. He reached the final

Was a Welsh football player, who also played for Leeds United F.C.. Rated by many as the greatest al

Was a Welsh football player, who also played for Leeds United F.C.. Rated by many as the greatest all-round footballer ever to come from Britain,he was equally adept at centre-forward or centre-back.He was never cautioned or sent off during his entire career, due to his philosophy of never kicking or intentionally hurting opposing players. Standing at 6 feet 2 inches, he was nicknamed Il Gigante Buono – The Gentle Giant.

Was a leading exponent and teacher of the Welsh singing medium of Cerdd Dant (Free verse singing). C

Was a leading exponent and teacher of the Welsh singing medium of Cerdd Dant (Free verse singing). Cerdd Dant is sung to a particular tune selected for the verse and the singer is accompanied by a harpist playing a different but complementary melody. It i

Was a Welsh footballer.Griffiths played as an outside right or right-winger. He started out in local

Was a Welsh footballer.Griffiths played as an outside right or right-winger. He started out in local football in Merthyr before signing for Arsenal in September 1935. An amateur at first, he spent nine months on loan at Arsenal's nursery club Margate between May 1936 and February 1937, turning professional on his return to Arsenal. He made his debut against Leicester City on February 2, 1938. He left Arsenal for Leicester City later that year, having played nine games and scoring five goals in 1937-38, missing out on a League Championship medal.

Was a Welsh professional footballer who played as a left-back. He made 169 appearances in the First

Was a Welsh professional footballer who played as a left-back. He made 169 appearances in the First Division for Birmingham and Chelsea. As an international, he won 10 full caps for Wales and also played for a Great Britain XI in 1947.

Was a Welsh physician.He was born in Bridgend, Glamorganshire, and first came to London for medical

Was a Welsh physician.He was born in Bridgend, Glamorganshire, and first came to London for medical training at Guy's Hospital. He was appointed Assistant Actuary of The Equitable Life Assurance Society in 1774 and elected Actuary the next year, after the

Was a Welsh football player and manager.Daniel was born in Swansea and started out at his local club

Was a Welsh football player and manager.Daniel was born in Swansea and started out at his local club Swansea Town as an amateur. In 1946 he was snapped up by Arsenal (whom his elder brother Bobby had played for, before he had been killed in the Second World War) aged 18. Thanks to compulsory National Service duty between 1947 and 1949, he did not make his debut for Arsenal until 7 May 1949 against Charlton Athletic, on the final day of the 1948-49 season; Arsenal won 2-0.

Was a Welsh professional footballer who played for Abercorn, Small Heath and Bristol Rovers between

Was a Welsh professional footballer who played for Abercorn, Small Heath and Bristol Rovers between 1894 and 1903.William Robertson started his career as an inside forward but had more success after a switch to wing half. He made more than 100 appearances in all competitions for Small Heath.

Was a Welsh international football player. He attained 39 caps for Wales and played his club footbal

Was a Welsh international football player. He attained 39 caps for Wales and played his club football for Derby County. He also played for Birmingham City around 1960 as an attacking left half, then played with Nottingham Forest. He was an especially good distributor of the ball. He finished his playing days with non-league side Tamworth

Was a Welsh First World War military chaplain, and rugby union international player who was later su

Was a Welsh First World War military chaplain, and rugby union international player who was later successively bishop of two dioceses of the Church in Wales: St Asaph and St David's. A keen sportsman, Havard played rugby at all levels, representing Brecon