Ray Prosser

Ray Prosser
Birth nameThomas Raymond Prosser
Date of birth(1927-03-02)2 March 1927
Place of birthPontypool, Torfaen, Wales
Date of death22 November 2020(2020-11-22) (aged 93)
Height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight15 st 4 lb (97 kg)
SchoolGeorge Street School, Pontypool
Rugby union career
Position(s) Prop
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
Pontypool United ()
Pontypool RFC ()
1957–58 Barbarian F.C. ()
Monmouthshire ()
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
19561961 Wales 22 (3)
1959 British Lions 1 (0)
Coaching career
Years Team
1969–1987 Pontypool RFC

Thomas Raymond Prosser (2 March 1927 22 November 2020) was a Welsh international rugby union prop who played club rugby for Pontypool and was capped 22 times for Wales. Prosser also represented the British Lions in their 1959 tour of Australia and New Zealand, and played invitational rugby for the Barbarians. He is often remembered more for his coaching of an extremely successful Pontypool side during the 1970s and 1980s.

Prosser died on 22 November 2020, at the age of 93.