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| Birth name | Phillip John Blakeway | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 31 December 1950 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Cheltenham, Gloucestershire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 16 st 0 lb (102 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Philip John Blakeway (born 31 December 1950) [1] is a former England international rugby union player. He toured South Africa in 1980 with the British and Irish Lions and at the time played club rugby for Gloucester Rugby.
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