Bobby Windsor - The Iron Duke: The Life and Times of a Working-Class Rugby Hero

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Having played at Brynglas and Cross Keys his job as a steelworker soon developed him into a strong and muscular player. The old hooker, revered the rugby world over as ‘The Duke’ for his fearless ferocity on the pitch and bonhomie off it, never intended to live to tell the tale.

He played in all the tests on the tour of South Africa in 1974, and helped the Lions forwards dominate the Springboks. The days when Hannibal Lechter could have been on the field murdering someone and the referee would ignore it. Robert Windsor made his debut for Wales against Australia in 1973 at Cardiff, a match Wales won by 24 points to nil with Windsor scoring a hooker's try, and took over from Jeff Young as first-choice hooker. Virgil van Dijk is unwilling to commit his future to Liverpool after Jurgen Klopp's exit, with just 18. After Xavi dropped his Barcelona departure bombshell, PETE JENSON assesses the runners and riders in the.You’re going in straight away because you’ve got one of the most aggressive forms of prostate cancer and we’re worried about it. Windsor’s first wife Judy, a non-smoker, was only 32 when she died of lung cancer, leaving three children. I saw him play on a couple of occasions and would not have relished being on the opposing side playing hooker.

He was diagnosed with prostate cancer in December 2005 and underwent surgery to remove his prostate before receiving radiation treatment. Windsor made his debut for Wales against Australia in Cardiff in 1973, a match Wales won by 24 points to nil with Windsor scoring a hooker's try, and took over from Jeff Young as first-choice hooker. Peter Jackson, a sports journalist since he left school in 1960, retired last summer as rugby correspondent of the Daily Mail after 35 years. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. The police were about to launch the helicopter because they thought I was going to jump off the headland.Bobby Windsor was the hooker of the triumphant Wales team of the mid ‘70s and a key figure for the invincible Lions on the tour of South Africa in 1974. A steelworker by trade, The Duke was as fiery as the furnaces he used to tend, but also a larger-than-life figure off the field, with a quip for every occasion. I would recommend this book, not just to those who have an interest in Welsh rugby, but to anybody who wants to know how life can be, and how one man coped with it. A steelworker by trade, Bobby Windsor began playing rugby as a back, featuring at either fullback or fly-half. NICKNAMED The Iron Duke for his uncompromising style of play, Mr Windsor was a key component in some of Wales’ greatest sides of the 1970s.