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John Peter Rhys Williams was born on March 2, 1949 in Cardiff, Wales. After winning a British Junior tennis title at Wimbledon in 1966, he swapped his racquet for a career in rugby instead.
After studying medicine, Williams qualified to become a doctor and practiced as an orthopaedic surgeon alongside his rugby, which was an amateur sport at the time.