Dai Rees

David James Rees, CBE (31 March 1913 – 15 November 1983) was one of the Britain's leading golfers either side of World War II.

The winner of many prestigious tournaments in Britain, Europe and farther afield, Rees is best remembered as the captain of the Great Britain Ryder Cup team which defeated the United States at Lindrick Golf Club in Yorkshire, England in 1957. It was the only defeat which the United States suffered in the competition between 1933 and 1985.

Personal life

Rees was born in Fontegary, near Barry in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. He was brought up around golf, with his father being the head professional and his mother a steward at The Leys Golf Club. His family soon moved to Aberdare, where his father had taken up the position of head professional at Aberdare Golf Club.

During World War Two, Rees served as a driver for Air vice-marshal Harry Broadhurst.

Career

Rees began his career aged 16 as an assistant professional to his father at Aberdare Golf Club. Rees took over as the professional at South Herts Golf Club following the death of Harry Vardon in 1937. Like Vardon before him, he remained in the position until he died in 1983.

Dai Rees (rugby)

David "Dai" Rees was a Welsh rugby union and professional rugby league footballer of the 1920s and '30s, and coach of the 1930s–1960s playing club level rugby union (RU) for Abertillery RFC, and representative level rugby league (RL) for Great Britain, Wales, Other Nationalities, and Glamorgan & Monmouthshire, and at club level for Halifax, as a second-row, i.e. number 11 or 12, during the era of contested scrums, and coaching at club level for Bradford Northern for 24 years when they won every honour in the game.

Playing career

International honours

Dai Rees won a cap for Other Nationalities (RL) while at Halifax, won 6 caps for Wales (RL) in 1921–32 while at Halifax, and won a cap for Great Britain (RL) while at Halifax in 1926 against New Zealand.

Dai Rees was selected for Great Britain while at Halifax for the 1924 Great Britain Lions tour of Australia and New Zealand, he did not play in any of the Test matches on this tour.

County Honours

Dai Rees won a cap for Glamorgan & Monmouthshire while at Halifax.

David Rees

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Dai Rees (rugby player)

David 'Dai' Rees (born 23 September 1964) is a Welsh former rugby union player. He attained four caps for the Wales B side, and was also a National Squad member in 1986.

Rees played club rugby for Abercarn RFC, the South Glamorgan Institute, Swansea RFC, Newport RFC and Newbridge RFC. He later became player/coach at Cross Keys RFC and Head Coach after a knee injury forced his retirement.

Rees was Assistant Coach to the Wales U21 side for the 2006–07 season was appointed Head Coach of the Wales Sevens team in October 2005.

In May 2006, Rees was appointed as Head Coach to the newly created Wales U20 side, whilst continuing in his role as Wales Sevens Head Coach and assistant coach to the Newport Gwent Dragons. He was Head Coach with Newport RFC but gave up this role at the end of the 2005–2006 season to concentrate on his Dragons coaching duties.

In July 2007 Rees relinquished his role of U20 Coach, to Patrick Horgan and was confirmed as the Wales Sevens Head Coach.

In October 2008 Rees accepted Hong Kong Rugby Football Union's offer to become new head coach of the Hong Kong national sides. On 23 April 2013, Dai Rees received the Coaching Excellence Award and Best Team Sport Coach Award at the Hong Kong Bank Foundation Coaching Awards Presentation.

Dai Rees (rugby league born c. 1885)

David "Dai" Rees was a Welsh professional rugby league footballer of the 1900s, playing at representative level for Wales, and at club level for Salford, as a hooker, i.e. number 9, during the era of contested scrums.

International honours

Rees won two caps for Wales while at Salford in 1908.

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David Allan Rees

Sir David Allan "Dai" Rees, FRS (born 28 April 1936) is a retired British biochemist and science administrator who was chief executive of the Medical Research Council between 1987 and 1996.

Early life and education

Rees was born in Silloth, Cumberland but educated in Wales: he attended Hawarden Grammar School and received his BSc and PhD degrees in chemistry from University College of North Wales, Bangor.

Career

Rees was a lecturer in chemistry at the University of Edinburgh from 1960 until 1970, researching carbohydrate conformation and structure. He then joined Unilever, where he rose to become Principal Scientist. He left in 1982 to become director of the National Institute for Medical Research before serving as chief executive of the Medical Research Council from 1987 to 1996. He was president of the European Science Foundation between 1994 and 1999.

Honours and awards

In 1970, Rees was awarded both the Carbohydrate Chemistry Award by the Chemical Society and the Colworth Medal by the Biochemical Society. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 1981 and delivered the Royal Society's Philips Lecture in 1984. He was knighted in 1993. He was one of the 58 founding fellows of the Learned Society of Wales in 2010.