Eddie Blay
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Born | 9 November 1937 Accra, Gold Coast (now Ghana) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 15 October 2006 (aged 68) Accra, Ghana | ||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 57 kg (126 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Boxing | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Edward 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 amateur boxer from the late 50s to 1968, 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]
1960 Summer Olympic Games results
Below is the record of Eddie Blay, a Ghanaian lightweight boxer who competed at the 1960 Summer Olympic Games in Rome, Italy:
- Round of 32: defeated Gualberto Gutierrez (Uruguay) by decision, 4-1
- Round of 16: lost to Richard McTaggart (Great Britain) by decision, 0-5
References
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Eddie Blay". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
- ^ "Eddie Blay – Amateur Highlights", Box Rec.
- ^ a b "Eddie Blay Passes Away", Modern Ghana, 18 October 2006.
- ^ "Eddie Blay's boxing medals missing", GhanaWeb, 25 September 2003.
External links
- "Eddie Blay", Box Rec.
- "A Tribute To Eddie Blay", GhanaWeb, 12 November 2006.
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- 1930 – 1938: up to 61 kg
- 1950: up to 62 kg
- 1954 – 2018: up to 60 kg
- 1930: James Rolland (SCO)
- 1934: Leonard Cook (AUS)
- 1938: Harry Groves (ENG)
- 1950: Ronald Latham (ENG)
- 1954: Piet van Staden (SRH)
- 1958: Dick McTaggart (SCO)
- 1962: Eddie Blay (GHA)
- 1966: Anthony Andeh (NGR)
- 1970: Abayomi Adeyemi (NGR)
- 1974: Ayub Kalule (UGA)
- 1978: Gerry Hamill (NIR)
- 1982: Hussein Khalili (KEN)
- 1986: Asif Dar (CAN)
- 1990: Godfrey Nyakana (UGA)
- 1994: Michael Strange (CAN)
- 1998: Raymond Narh (GHA)
- 2002: Jamie Arthur (WAL)
- 2006: Frankie Gavin (ENG)
- 2010: Tom Stalker (ENG)
- 2014: Charlie Flynn (SCO)
- 2018: Harry Garside (AUS)
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