Brian Cresswell

Brian Robert Cresswell was a Welsh international rugby union player.
Cresswell was born in Newport and educated at St Julian's High School.
A blindside flanker, Cresswell played in the Newport team that defeated the touring Wallabies in 1957.
Cresswell won four Wales caps in the 1960 Five Nations Championship, forming a back-row in two of the matches with Newport teammates Glyn Davidge and Geoff Whitson. He scored a try in Wales's 10–9 win over Ireland at Lansdowne Road and another in their loss to France in Paris.
In 2015, Cresswell was inducted into the Newport RFC Hall of Fame.