Eddie Butler (rugby union)
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| Full name | Edward Thomas Butler | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 8 May 1957 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Newport, Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 15 September 2022 (aged 65) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Inca Trail to Machu Picchu, Peru[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Edward Thomas Butler (8 May 1957 – 15 September 2022) was a Welsh journalist, sports commentator, and Welsh rugby union player. He played for the Wales national rugby union team team between 1980 and 1984 and scored 2 tries. Butler was known for his support of Welsh independence.[2][3][4][5]
Butler died peacefully in his sleep at while at a camp during a hiking trip in Cusco in the Andes mountains in Peru at the age of 65.[6][7]
Eddie Butler (rugby Union) Media
Eddie Butler at the joint YesCymru AUOB Cymru march for Welsh Independence in Merthyr Tydfil on 7 September 2019
References
- ↑ Former Wales captain and commentator Eddie Butler dies aged 65. The Irish Times.
- ↑ Eddie Butler: Wales has been abandoned by Westminster (in en-GB). Nation.Cymru (11 February 2022). Retrieved 1 September 2022.
- ↑ Thomas, Simon. Eddie Butler is worried about Wales and says independence is the only way (in en). WalesOnline (21 September 2021). Retrieved 1 September 2022.
- ↑ Eddie Butler says Wales 'lacks confidence' to take responsibility for governing itself (in en). The National Wales. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
- ↑ Full Eddie Butler Speech - AUOB Merthyr (in en). YesCymru EN. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
- ↑ Eddie Butler death: Latest tributes as rugby world devastated. Wales Online. 15 September 2022. https://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/rugby/rugby-news/eddie-butler-death-latest-tributes-25030823. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
- ↑ Eddie Butler: Former Wales rugby captain and legendary broadcaster dies aged 65. BBC Sport. 15 September 2022. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/62919134. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
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