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Ken Braddock

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Ken Braddock
Full nameKenneth James Braddock
Date of birth(1938-08-28)28 August 1938
Place of birthTreowen, Newbridge, Wales
Date of death20 August 2018(2018-08-20) (aged 79)
Place of deathStafford, England
Rugby union career
Position(s) Flanker
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1966–67 Wales 3 (0)

Kenneth James Braddock (28 August 1938 — 20 August 2018) was a Welsh international rugby union player.

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]

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References

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  1. ^ "Obituary: Ken Braddock". Wales Rugby Union. 21 August 2018.
  2. ^ "Ken Braddock to join Moseley". The Birmingham Post. 8 October 1968.
  3. ^ "Moderns on cup spying mission". Nottingham Evening Post. 12 March 1976.
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