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....no longer throwing his shot put

Sad news that proper old school gentle giant,  useless fact but I believe he was really into budgerigars aswell  ( no jokes please)

I recall chatting to him at some athletics meet in Dagenham.

I said I enjoyed the shot put, mainly because  nobody else seemed interested in it, but I preferred the discus.

He then spent almost an hour showing me better techniques for discus throwing, even though he had clearly been invited just to award the prizes/medals/cups, which really pissed the organisaters off.

It amazes me know that someone at his level in sport took time to chat with an indecisive kid (me) - would never happen in this day & age.

RIP

Another part of childhood lost. RIP

Absolute legend from our younger years 


R.I.P.

Aw that's sad. Used to love The Worlds Strongest Man and his battles with rival Jón Páll Sigmarsson.  RIP

RIP (up the yellow pages)