David Evans

Personal information
Full name	David Morgan Evans
Born	21 April 1911 Glynneath, Wales
Died	24 May 1941 (aged 30) HMS Hood, Denmark Strait, off Greenland
Playing information
Rugby union
Position	Forwards
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P ≤1933–≤33 Glynneath RFC ≤1933–≥34 Neath RFC Total 0 0 0 0 0
Rugby league
Position	Prop
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P ≤1936–≥36 Huddersfield Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 1936 Wales 2
Source: [1]
Military career
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service / branch	Royal Navy
Years of service	-1941
Rank	Stoker Second Class
Service number	P/KX 108911[2]
Battles / wars	Second World War Atlantic War Operation Rheinübung Battle of the Denmark Strait  †

David Morgan Evans (21 April 1911 – 24 May 1941) was a Welsh rugby union, and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1930s. He played club level rugby union (RU) for Glynneath RFC and Neath RFC, as a forward, and representative level rugby league (RL) for Wales, and at club level for Huddersfield, as a prop.^[1]

David Evans was born in Glynneath, Wales, he joined the Royal Navy as a stoker 2nd Class during World War II, and died aged 30 in the Denmark Strait, between Iceland and Greenland, when HMS Hood was sunk in the Battle of the Denmark Strait by the German battleship Bismarck on Saturday 24 May 1941.^[3]

David Evans had an unsuccessful trial for Wales (RU), but won caps for Wales (RL) while at Huddersfield in the 3–2 victory over England at Taff Vale Park, Pontypridd, on Saturday 7 November, and in the 9–3 victory over France at Stade de Paris on Sunday 6 December 1936.^[1]

David Evans played at prop in Huddersfield's 18–10 victory over Hull F.C. in the 1938 Yorkshire Cup Final during the 1938–39 season at Odsal Stadium, Bradford on Saturday 22 October 1938.

• (archived by web.archive.org) Neath Rugby Remembers
• Memorials to Men Lost in the Sinking of Hood, 24 May 1941
• (archived by web.archive.org) Neath RFC Remembers - First World War
• (archived by web.archive.org) Neath Rugby Remembers