Geoff Wheel
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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]
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- ^ Wales profile[permanent dead link]
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Former Wales and Swansea lock Wheel dies aged 73". BBC Sport. 26 December 2024. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
