Eddie Blay
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Eddie Blay in 1965
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| Born | 9 November 1937 Accra, Ghana |
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| Died | 15 October 2006 (aged 68) Accra, Ghana |
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| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 57 kg (126 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Boxing | ||||||||||||||||||
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Edward "Eddie" Blay (9 November 1937 – 15 October 2006) was a Ghanaian boxer. He competed at the 1960 and 1964 Olympics and won a bronze medal in the light welterweight (63.5 kg) category in 1964.[1] Blay was a two-time Commonwealth Games champion, in 1962 and 1966,[2] and later briefly fought as a professional boxer.[3] He lived in Italy for some time, and after returning to Ghana established the Sole Mio restaurant at Osu, Accra.[3][4]
References
- ↑ Eddie Blay at sports-reference.com
- ↑ "Eddie Blay – Amateur Highlights", Box Rec.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Eddie Blay Passes Away", Modern Ghana, 18 October 2006.
- ↑ "Eddie Blay's boxing medals missing", GhanaWeb, 25 September 2003.
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- "Eddie Blay", Box Rec.
- "A Tribute To Eddie Blay", GhanaWeb, 12 November 2006.
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