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Sir Billy Boston dies aged 92
Rugby league icon Sir Billy Boston, a Welsh trailblazer who became the first non-white player to represent Great Britain on a Lions tour in 1954, has died at 92. He scored 478 tries in 488 appearances for Wigan, earned a knighthood in 2025, and was lauded by the Welsh Rugby Union amid tributes planned at upcoming matches after the passing of his wife, Lady Joan, just days earlier.
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About Billy Boston
Sir William John Boston was a Welsh professional rugby league footballer who played as a winger or centre.
Everything about Billy Boston →- Occupation
- rugby league player, rugby union player
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Born
- August 6, 1934
- Died
- August 24, 2026