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Wowbagger
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J. P. R. Williams (1949-2024)
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08 January, 2024, 09:40:28 pm »
One of the greatest players of all time, and almost certainly the greatest full back.
A real shock, this.
Edit: according to the BBC website, it was bacterial meningitis that killed him.
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Jaded
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09 January, 2024, 01:16:31 am »
Oh my. The Jet Propelled Rhino. RIP
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Duckfoot1606
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09 January, 2024, 03:56:33 am »
Another sporting great from my youth gone
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ElyDave
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09 January, 2024, 08:32:36 am »
My claim to fame is a scar on my head sewn up by him when I was a small.
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T42
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09 January, 2024, 08:50:02 am »
RIP JPR. Shame to be taken out by a miserable little bacterium.
https://www.cdc.gov/meningitis/bacterial.html
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Flite
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09 January, 2024, 09:19:02 am »
So sad.
Yesterday, for no apparent reason, I was humming "Hymns and Arias" to myself
So in the evening I watched Max Boyce singing it. Glory Days for Welsh Rugby.
Then we heard the news about JPR.
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Wowbagger
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09 January, 2024, 12:30:32 pm »
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yP0vpGobpAQ&ab_channel=TheWelshSportNostalgiaChannel
Lots of JPR in that video. I was at that 1976 Twickenham match.
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Peter
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09 January, 2024, 01:02:10 pm »
He was exceptional, wasn't he? Hard to say goodbye to JPR and Franz Beckenbauer on the same day. (Goodbye and Thanks)
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