Bobby Windsor - The Iron Duke: The Life and Times of a Working-Class Rugby Hero

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The New Zealanders always go on about passion and pride and the Haka, but there wasn’t anything for them to be proud of in what happened that day.

Mr Windsor won 28 Wales caps between 1973 and 1979, claiming Grand Slams in 1976 and 1978 and toured twice with the Lions, winning five caps. He was diagnosed with prostate cancer in December 2005 and underwent surgery to remove his prostate before receiving radiation treatment. Wolves fan who brazenly chanted 'f*** off West Brom' after sneaking into the home section before FA Cup. REVEALED: Brock Lesnar was 'set for a SHOCK elimination' at Royal Rumble before being replaced by debuting.It wasn’t quite the end of Windsor’s international career, as the last of his 28 Wales caps came against France in the 1979 Five Nations, by which point the ‘Iron Duke’ had cemented his legacy. favorite Wall Art and Photo Gifts from Memory Lane Bobby Windsor, Pontypool and Welsh international rugby player. Anybody who knows their rugby knows that Bobby Windsor is a legend of both the Welsh team and The British and Irish Lions. Windsor’s first wife Judy, a non-smoker, was only 32 when she died of lung cancer, leaving three children. Robert " Bobby" Windsor (31 January 1926 – 2000) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Lincoln City.

There are few if any more dedicated players of Rugby Union, and any there might be haven't yet brought out a memoir of such depth, humour and honesty. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average.Windsor's irrepressible sense of humour comes shining through on every page, except when he gives chapter and verse on the personal crisis that drove him to plan suicide. Revealed: Police arrested a 16-year-old football fan on suspicion of carrying an offensive weapon before. I actually played against Bobby Windsor w hen Pontypool toured Germany, and I still have the scars to prove it. A friend who does my life insurance policy rang to make plans for a routine medical and they found a speck of blood in my water. Unsurprisingly, due to their prowess, Wales were only defeated four times when all three members of the ‘Viet Gwent’ played together on the international stage.