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Richard Morris's avatar

He played in the first match I ever saw at Welford Road; the Midlands East against the 1973 All Blacks. Irreplaceable as the voice of Welford Road, he was our Bill McLaren

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S4llyC's avatar

A true Tiger in every respect. We were lucky enough to enjoy an afternoon in his company a couple of years ago, when we were on the same Burleigh’s Gin School session as him and his wife -(chatting rugby and drinking gin, what a great way to spend a birthday!) and although we’d never met before he was charming and friendly. In commentary, we all took the mickey out of his mis-pronunciations but that made him special, and despite that, his huge rugby knowledge and his love and devotion to the club shone out. Thanks for all the memories, RIP Bleddyn.

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Iain Morton's avatar

An absolute privilege to have been a guest with him on the Radio Leicester show. A complete gentleman and a very interesting guy to chat to. In an age where if you weren’t at the game you were listening to the radio, Bleddyn was an important figure in my generation’s formative years of being a Tigers fan. I only wish I’d been old enough to see him play too.

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Louise Brooks's avatar

Oh how sad 😥. He and Tudor will always be my voices of Tigers. I will miss him. My sincere condolences to his friends and family x

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Daktari's avatar

RIP Bleddyn ,, born in Wales, adopted by Leicester , a Tiger in spirit and actions. a gentlemen in life.

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Ian Cockerill's avatar

A sad loss of a very fine man. I feel proud and privileged to have counted him as a friend. I was lucky enough to provide summarising duties to his commentary on a fair number of Tigers games and he was completely professional and treated me with support and respect, as well as unfailing good humour!

A genuine role model for any decent human being.

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STEPHEN BAUM's avatar

Bleddyn has been a dear friend since 1970 when he lodged in Mountsorrel after taking up his first job as a teacher in Leicester. I count him as was one of the nicest and kindest men Ive ever met , followimg him initially as a player and then as a broadcaster but more importantly as a soul mate.

Its so fitting that there will be a minutes silence for him at the ground on Friday and just wish we could be there after his association with the club for over 50 years. What an achievement. A Tiger through and through.

Words cannot adequately express the deep sense of loss at times like this but our thoughts and prayers are with Sue and his family . Sleep well dear friend.

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Rich Walker's avatar

Lovely man. Sorry for your loss, Chris.

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Peter Wilkinson's avatar

Really enjoyed that video. A reminder of a man who was part of teh furniture and how the game has changed

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John Burton's avatar

Chris, thanks for pointing us to the LTTV piece. What a charming man, enjoyed his company a few times on away trips. Generous with his time and charming throughout. I know you’ll be feeling this greatly so you’re in my thoughts as are all his friends and family.

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Stuart Murdock's avatar

Murdocks...he's been a character in our lives... a colleague with my son Adrian BBC, Daughter, Cleone, school kitchens and me, Stuart and son Peter and the rest of us as long as we can remember going to Tigers...good man and missed

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Rob's avatar

Wonderful guy and how loyal to Tigers. Having seen him talk on several occasions my favourite memory is of him talking to our Rotary club at breakfast one day. He entertained us for over half an hour, clutching his outside broadcast mike, as if it was gold! To him it probably was. Lovely guy and so sad. RIP.

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Cameron Sim's avatar

Such sad news! Bleddyn was my primary school head teacher and years later when I was in university we got chatting at Welford Road and he saw me, remembered me and was asking how I was doing! It was such a pleasant surprise to know he remembered me and sought me out to check how I was doing! A true measure of the man! I can remember giving a talk with another student at Leicester City with Bleddyn, as our head master giving us a lift to the stadium and attending with us but he had left his glasses at Welford Road from the previous weekend’s match and needed to pick them up! It was a lovely day as not only did we get a tour of the King Power but also inadvertently, a tour of welford road! As a 10 year old local lad it was the best day ever! Thoughts are with the family at this time!

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Nigel Kay's avatar

What a lovely man. Bleddyn acquired his commentary skills as understudy to another Welshman Van Hopkins when I was a sports producer at Radio Leicester. He was a delight to work with and a great favourite with BBC Wales when they were looking for Welsh language coverage of Tigers v Llanelli. Sometimes I would listen across the Welsh feed. I couldn't understand a word, but Bleddyn's hallmarks were there: a wonderful exuberance and a deep-felt passion for the game.

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Scud_&_thesTig's avatar

What an absolutely wonderful man. Great servant to Tigers and Rugby Union.

Thoughts with his family and friends

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