Sir Billy Boston, first rugby league player to receive knighthood, dies aged 92
Boston was one of the finest players in the sport’s historyScored almost 500 tries for club and countrySir Billy Boston, the Wigan Warriors legend who last year became the first rugby league player to be awarded a knighthood, has died at the age of 92.The Welsh Rugby Union confirmed the news of Boston’s death on Tuesday, writing: “Sir Billy Boston, one of the best loved and most iconic figures in the history of Welsh sport, has passed away peacefully at…
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