Man of steel who nurtured Baa-Baas

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Grand master: President Micky Steele-Bodger visits the Barbarians dressing room after the Killick Cup match with Argentina last year

MICKY STEELE-BODGER (Cambridge University, Harlequins, Barbarians, England) May 9, aged 92
One of the biggest characters in the game, Micky Steele- Bodger was going to be an England great and had been ever present at wing forward in the first two seasons after the War when he wrecked every ligament in his left knee during training, an injury that was to shape his life.
Although small in stature Steele- Bodger was a famously hard case. A young Richard Burton...

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