The father-of-six lost his first wife Judi to cancer in 1979 and it was his own battle against the disease which contributed to the end of his marriage to second wife Lynne.

My children helped pull me out of the depression and said I should go to Spain for a break in 2009 – and I never came back. Bobby Windsor of the British Lions feeds the ball to teammate Gareth Edwards during the British Lions, first test match against South Africa. The days when Mike Burton was instructed to hit South Africa's Free State one-eyed lock, de Bruyn, to blunt his fearsome reputation . There are 100 tablets missing from these packets and unless you produce them, we’re taking you to the hospital to have your stomach pumped”.

Robert William Windsor was born in Newport, Monmouthshire on the 31st January 1948, known as Bobby and nicknamed 'The Duke', is a former welsh rugby Union international rugby player.

A steelworker by trade, Windsor actually began his rugby union career as a back, playing at fullback and fly-half, but became famous as a hooker. Bobby Windsor gained 28 caps for Wales between 1973 and 1979 and went on two British Isles' tours to South Africa in 1974 and New Zealand and Fiji in 1977, making a total of 26 appearances, including five tests. He took that skill and pace with him to the rugby field, scoring a try on his Wales debut against Australia in his breakthrough campaign, 1973-74. Luckily, they phoned the caravan site in Tenby and spoke to the woman who owned the caravan next to ours. Windsor – or ‘The Duke’ as his team-mates came to know him – began his rugby career as a fly-half, but it was at hooker where the steelworker would rise to the top of the game.

Police arrest man, 23, after a bottle was thrown at Man United's team bus ahead of match against Liverpool. The trio played together for Wales 19 times and also for the Lions in Fiji on 16 August 1977 (the day that Elvis died). You’re going in straight away because you’ve got one of the most aggressive forms of prostate cancer and we’re worried about it. But he was nowhere near good enough and played for the reserves for two seasons before joining Lincoln City. He even displayed the unusual technique of hooking the ball in with his head, rather than his feet, during one match on the Tour!

After achieving a then world record points score against Japan and hammering the touring Australians. FIFA's The Best awards row: Multiple voters 'made mistakes' with their votes - in a system that saw Lionel. He was probably the best Hooker the international game has seen, and without doubt the very best that Britain has produced. More Information Description: Lions legend Bobby Windsor has enjoyed triumphs beyond the dreams of most international players but has also suffered personal tragedy. Bobby Windsor was the hooker of the triumphant Wales team of the mid ‘70s and a key figure for the invincible Lions on the tour of South Africa in 1974.TRANSFER NEWS LIVE: Virgil van Dijk is unwilling to commit his future to Liverpool after Jurgen Klopp's.