Dai John

W. David John

Personal information
Full name	David John
Born	Wales
Died	unknown
Playing information
Height	1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight	70 kg (150 lb; 11 st 0 lb)
Rugby union
Position	Half-back
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P ≤1906–≤06 Penygraig RFC
Rugby league
Position	Fullback, Stand-off
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P ≤1906–≥13 Salford Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 1913 Wales 1
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W. David "Dai" John (birth unknown – death unknown) was a Welsh rugby union and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1900s and 1910s. He played club level rugby union (RU) for Penygraig RFC, as a half-back, and representative level rugby league (RL) for Wales, and at club level for Salford, as a fullback or stand-off.^[1][2]

Dai John won a cap for Wales (RU) while at Salford in 1913.^[1]

During Dai John's time there was Salford's 5-3 victory over Huddersfield in the Championship Final during the 1913–14 season.

Dai John played stand-off in Salford's 0-5 defeat by Bradford F.C. in the 1906 Challenge Cup Final during the 1905–06 season at Headingley, Leeds on Saturday 28 April 1906.^[3]

Dai John originally played rugby union, turning out at half-back for Penygraig RFC in the Rhondda.^[4] While still a teenager he switched codes to rugby league.^[4] John was considered a "Probable" for the 1910 Great Britain Lions tour of Australia and New Zealand, but ultimately he was not selected for the tour.^[5] Writing at the time in the Evening Express, their rugby league correspondent suggested that it was John's height, standing at 5 foot 3 inches, that cost him his place.^[4]