Gordon Bendon
Appearance
Full name | Gordon John Bendon | ||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 9 April 1929 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Lambeth, London, England | ||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 18 January 2001 | (aged 71)||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Kingston-upon-Thames, London, England | ||||||||||||||||
School | King's College School | ||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||
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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]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Old King's Club Newsletter 98. 16 November 2001. p. 17.
- ^ "There is no keeping Gordon Bendon down". Evening Standard. 8 October 1962.
- ^ a b "Bendon was in the Alps ..." Evening Standard. 23 January 1956.
- ^ "Bendon plays last game". The Birmingham Post. 19 April 1967.
- ^ "Actress marries rugby player". Evening Standard. 23 August 1958.