Eddie Blay Explained

Birth Date:9 November 1937
Birth Place:Accra, Gold Coast (now Ghana)
Death Date:15 October 2006 (aged 68)
Death Place:Accra, Ghana
Height:1.72m (05.64feet)
Weight:57kg (126lb)
Sport:Boxing
Show-Medals:yes

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.[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:

External links

Notes and References

  1. Eddie Blay. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418005323/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bl/eddie-blay-1.html . dead . 18 April 2020 .
  2. http://boxrec.com/media/index.php/Eddie_Blay "Eddie Blay – Amateur Highlights"
  3. http://www.modernghana.com/sports/119312/2/eddie-blay-passes-away.html "Eddie Blay Passes Away"
  4. http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/SportsArchive/artikel.php?ID=43614 "Eddie Blay's boxing medals missing"