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]
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]