Eddie Blay
Blay in 1965 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 9 November 1937 Accra, Gold Coast (now Ghana) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 15 October 2006 (aged 68) Accra, Ghana | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 57 kg (126 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Boxing | ||||||||||||||||||||
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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. Blay was a two-time Commonwealth Games champion, in 1962 and 1966, and amateur boxer from the late 50s to 1968, and later briefly fought as a professional boxer. He lived in Italy for some time, and after returning to Ghana established the Sole Mio restaurant at Osu, Accra.