Edward 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,"Eddie Blay – Amateur Highlights" , Box Rec. and amateur boxer from the late 50s to 1968, and later briefly fought as a professional boxer."Eddie Blay Passes Away", Modern Ghana, 18 October 2006. He lived in Italy for some time, and after returning to Ghana established the Sole Mio restaurant at Osu, Accra."Eddie Blay's boxing medals missing", GhanaWeb, 25 September 2003.
1960 Summer Olympic Games results
Below is the record of Eddie Blay, a Ghanaian lightweight boxer who competed at the 1960 Summer Olympic Games in Rome, Italy:
Round of 32: defeated Gualberto Gutierrez (Uruguay) by decision, 4-1 Round of 16: lost to Richard McTaggart (Great Britain) by decision, 0-5
References
External links
"Eddie Blay" , Box Rec. "A Tribute To Eddie Blay", GhanaWeb, 12 November 2006.