:Bleddyn Jones

{{Short description|Welsh rugby commentator (1948–2021)}}

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| birth_date = 7 August 1948

| birth_place = Brynamman, Wales

| death_date = 27 April 2021

| death_place = Leicester, England

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| ru_position = Fly Half

| years1 = 1969–1978

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Bleddyn Jones (7 August 1948 ― 27 April 2021) was a Welsh rugby commentator who worked principally for BBC Radio Leicester, commentating on Leicester Tigers matches since 1987.

[https://www.bbc.co.uk/leicester/content/articles/2007/03/16/hopkins_tribute_tigers_team.shtml BBC - Leicester - Sport - Van Hopkins: A Tribute] As a player, he made 333 appearances for Tigers, mostly at fly-half between 1969 and 1978, scoring 42 tries.http://www.leicestertigers.com/news/12482.php{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{Cite web |url=http://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/news/Tigers-Legends-Bleddyn-surprise-voters-fly-half/article-535730-detail/article.html |title=Tigers Legends: Bleddyn surprise as voters name him top fly-half |access-date=2011-01-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100112012736/http://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/news/Tigers-Legends-Bleddyn-surprise-voters-fly-half/article-535730-detail/article.html |archive-date=2010-01-12 |url-status=dead }} He was not capped internationally. In his professional life he worked as a teacher. For the opening of the Caterpillar Stand at Welford Road in 2007, Jones was voted by readers of the Leicester Mercury into the "Walk of Legends" Team, ahead of Les Cusworth, Andy Goode and Joel Stransky.

Bleddyn died on 27 April 2021, aged 72.[https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/sport/rugby/rugby-news/leicester-tigers-legend-bleddyn-jones-5349837 Leicester Tigers legend Bleddyn Jones dies aged 72]