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Gordon Bendon

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Gordon Bendon
Full nameGordon John Bendon
Date of birth(1929-04-09)9 April 1929
Place of birthLambeth, London, England
Date of death18 January 2001(2001-01-18) (aged 71)
Place of deathKingston-upon-Thames,
London, England
SchoolKing's College School
Rugby union career
Position(s) Prop
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1959 England 4 (0)

Gordon John Bendon (9 April 1929 - 18 January 2001)[1] was an English international rugby union player.[2]

Born in Lambeth, Bendon was educated at King's College School in Wimbledon, London.[3]

Bendon spent his entire career with Wasps, which he joined as a back-row forward aged 17, before being made to play prop and making that position his own. He was a Middlesex county representative.[3]

In 1959, Bendon was capped four times playing for England in the Five Nations Championship.[4]

Bendon was married to actress Adrienne Scott, the daughter of film producer Edwin J. Fancey.[5]

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References

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  1. ^ Old King's Club Newsletter 98. 16 November 2001. p. 17.
  2. ^ "There is no keeping Gordon Bendon down". Evening Standard. 8 October 1962.
  3. ^ a b "Bendon was in the Alps ..." Evening Standard. 23 January 1956.
  4. ^ "Bendon plays last game". The Birmingham Post. 19 April 1967.
  5. ^ "Actress marries rugby player". Evening Standard. 23 August 1958.
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