Kenneth James Braddock (28 August 1938 — 20 August 2018) was a Welsh international rugby union player.
| Full name | Kenneth James Braddock | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 28 August 1938 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Treowen, Newbridge, Wales | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 20 August 2018 (aged 79) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Stafford, England | ||||||||||||||||
| Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||
Born in Treowen, Newbridge, Braddock attended Greenfield Secondary Modern School and played his earliest rugby with Trinant, before joining Newbridge RFC. He earned representative honours in 1964 with a Combined Abertillery-Newbridge side that earned a draw against Fiji. Capped three times by Wales, Braddock made his debut against the Wallabies in 1966, forming a back row with Alun Pask and Haydn Morgan. He made two Five Nations Championship appearances the following year, against Scotland and Ireland, then found himself replaced by Ron Jones.[1]
Braddock, who started his working life as a coal miner, had many years with the Staffordshire Police force, after relocating to England during the late 1960s. He was heavily involved in police rugby.[2][3]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Obituary: Ken Braddock". Wales Rugby Union. 21 August 2018.
- ^ "Ken Braddock to join Moseley". The Birmingham Post. 8 October 1968.
- ^ "Moderns on cup spying mission". Nottingham Evening Post. 12 March 1976.