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Geoff Wheel
Born	Geoffrey Wheel; 30 June 1951; Swansea, Wales
Died	26 December 2024 (aged 73)
Rugby union career
Position
Position	Lock
Amateur team(s)
Years	Team
	Mumbles RFC
	Swansea RFC
International career
Years	Team
1974–1982	Wales

Geoffrey Wheel (30 June 1951 – 26 December 2024) was a Wales international rugby union player who attained 32 international caps.^[1] A lock-forward, he played club rugby for Mumbles RFC and then Swansea RFC.

Wheel made his international debut on 2 February 1974 versus Ireland and between 1974 and 1982 he formed a formidable second-row partnership for Wales with Allan Martin during the second 'golden-age' of the Wales international team.

In 1977 Wheel, along with Willie Duggan of Ireland, became the first players to be sent off in a Five Nations international match.

Wheel was the organist in the Parish of St Thomas in Swansea where he also ran Geoff's Tuck Shop at the Boys Brigade every Wednesday.^{[citation needed]} In 2011 he agreed to become the president of a Welsh male voice choir, the Swansea-based Gwalia Singers.^{[citation needed]}

Wheel died from motor neurone disease on 26 December 2024, at the age of 73.^[2]

References

↑ Wales profile^{[permanent dead link]}
↑ "Former Wales and Swansea lock Wheel dies aged 73". BBC Sport. 26 December 2024. Retrieved 27 December 2024.

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[1] Wales profile^{[permanent dead link]}

[2] "Former Wales and Swansea lock Wheel dies aged 73". BBC Sport. 26 December 2024. Retrieved 27 December 2024.

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