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Eddie Blay in 1965
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| Born | 9 November 1937 Accra, Ghana |
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| Died | 15 October 2006 (aged 68) Accra, Ghana |
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| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 57 kg (126 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Boxing | ||||||||||||||||||
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Edward "Eddie" Blay (9 November 1937 – 15 October 2006) was a Ghanaian boxer. He competed at the 1960 and 1964 Olympics and won a bronze medal in the light welterweight (63.5 kg) category in 1964. Blay was a two-time Commonwealth Games champion, in 1962 and 1966, and later briefly fought as a professional boxer. He lived in Italy for some time, and after returning to Ghana established the Sole Mio restaurant at Osu, Accra.