Life-saving lessons
NZPA-AFP Leeds British rugby league players are to be given lessons in life-saving, following an incident in which the Great Britain and Widnes winger, John Basnett, nearly died recently,
The Rugby League are to adopt an idea introduced by the first division club, Widnes, which began a course for their players after Basnett swallowed his tongue and stopped breathing for 30 seconds in a match at Barrow.
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Press, 10 January 1987, Page 22
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