Bleddyn Jones (7 August 1948 ― 27 April 2021) was a
Welsh
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rugby commentator who worked principally for
BBC Radio Leicester,
commentating on
Leicester Tigers
Leicester Tigers (officially Leicester Football Club) are a professional rugby union club based in Leicester, England. They play in Premiership Rugby, England's top division of rugby.
The club was founded in 1880 and since 1892 plays its hom ...
matches since 1987. As a player, he made 333 appearances for Tigers, mostly at
fly-half between 1969 and 1978, scoring 42 tries.
[http://www.leicestertigers.com/news/12482.php] He was not capped internationally. In his professional life he worked as a
teacher. For the opening of the Caterpillar Stand at
Welford Road in 2007, Jones was voted by readers of the
Leicester Mercury into the "Walk of Legends" Team, ahead of
Les Cusworth
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Education
He was educated at Normanton Grammar School and the West Midlands College of Education, a teacher training college ( ...
,
Andy Goode
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and
Joel Stransky
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...
.
Bleddyn died on 27 April 2021, aged 72.
Leicester Tigers legend Bleddyn Jones dies aged 72
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References
External links
*Video about Bleddyn mostly in Welsh: http://www.wedi7.com/Items/Archive/Default.aspx?id=1119
1948 births
2021 deaths
Leicester Tigers players
Rugby union fly-halves
Welsh rugby union commentators
BBC sports presenters and reporters
People from Brynamman
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