{"id":372931,"date":"2026-08-25T16:00:18","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T15:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/sir-billy-boston-obituary-remembering-an-icon-of-rugby\/"},"modified":"2026-08-25T16:00:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T15:00:18","slug":"sir-billy-boston-obituary-remembering-an-icon-of-rugby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/sir-billy-boston-obituary-remembering-an-icon-of-rugby\/","title":{"rendered":"Sir Billy Boston obituary: Remembering an icon of rugby"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/NkNt9P_4mas\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Sir Billy Boston obituary: Remembering an icon of rugby\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NkNt9P_4mas\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Rugby league legend Sir Billy Boston has died at the age of 92.<\/p>\n<p>Sir Billy scored 478 tries in 487 matches for Wigan after making the switch from union to league in 1953.<\/p>\n<p>The Welsh winger, who was born in Cardiff, revealed he had been living with vascular dementia in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>He died in hospital overnight on 24 August, just four days after the funeral of his wife, Lady Joan, to whom he had been married for 70 years.<\/p>\n<p>Sir Billy played for Wigan between 1953 and 1968, and then went on to play for Blackpool from 1969 to 1970.<\/p>\n<p>He scored a total of 571 tries in his career, making him the second-highest try scorer in rugby league history.<\/p>\n<p>After signing for Wigan, while still a teenager, for the price of \u00a33,000, Sir Billy went on to win the league championship and three Challenge Cup finals.<\/p>\n<p>He was awarded a knighthood in the King\u2019s Birthday Honours for services to rugby league and the community, after a campaign led by former Makerfield MP Josh Simons.<\/p>\n<p>It was the first time in rugby league&#8217;s 130-year history that one of its players had been knighted.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Subscribe to ITV News on YouTube: http:\/\/bit.ly\/2lOHmNj<br \/>\n\u2022 Get breaking news and more stories at http:\/\/www.itv.com\/news<\/p>\n<p>Follow ITV News on TikTok https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@itvnews?lang=en<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/itvnews\/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/itvnews\/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on X: https:\/\/twitter.com\/itvnews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rugby league legend Sir Billy Boston has died at the age of 92. 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