Gordon Bendon
English rugby union player
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Gordon John Bendon (9 April 1929 – 18 January 2001)[1] was an English international rugby union player.[2]
Full nameGordon John Bendon
Born9 April 1929
Lambeth, London, England
Died18 January 2001 (aged 71)
Kingston-upon-Thames,
London, England
London, England
SchoolKing's College School
| Full name | Gordon John Bendon | ||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 9 April 1929 Lambeth, London, England | ||||||||||||||||
| Died | 18 January 2001 (aged 71) Kingston-upon-Thames, London, England | ||||||||||||||||
| School | King's College School | ||||||||||||||||
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Born in Lambeth, Bendon was educated at King's College School in Wimbledon, London.[3]
Bendon spent his entire career with Wasps, which he joined as a back-row forward aged 17, before being made to play prop and making that position his own. He was a Middlesex county representative.[3]
In 1959, Bendon was capped four times playing for England in the Five Nations Championship.[4]
Bendon was married to actress Adrienne Scott, the daughter of film producer Edwin J. Fancey.[5]