[Other Sport] Geoff Capes RIP

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Glorious Goodwood

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Geoff Capes, Britain’s greatest shot putter and World’s Strongest Man winner, dies aged 75

Geoff Capes, Britain’s greatest shot putter, has died aged 75

www.theguardian.com

 

Mackenzie

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Ah that's sad....will always be my go to reference for an example of strength.

RIP Geoff

 

Questions

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Ah no not big Geoff. Remember him kicking off in Superstars. Ex copper I think. Great athlete.
RIP

 

hart's shirt

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Broke the British shot put record in 1980.

No-one's beaten it yet.

 

Weststander

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RIP.

I remember him as an Olympian first, he would’ve faced systematic cheating from the Soviet Bloc. Learnt the word “cadence” from Ron Pickering describing the technique.

 

chip

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Glorious Goodwood

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You can't be my age without having wanted to be able to pull a big lorry, thanks Geoff

 

shingle

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FFS R.I.P Geoff

 

Light_Bulb

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Sad news. I remember being awed by his ability to rip a yellow pages in half.

 

Weststander

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Light_Bulb said:

Sad news. I remember being awed by his ability to rip a yellow pages in half.

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My Dad’s mate could do that …. we hid the directories when he visited!

 

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timbha

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IIRC he was a decent sprinter

 

Is it PotG?

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Who's looking after his budgies?

RIP

 

Goldstone1976

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Oh crap.

RIP Big guy.

 

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Light_Bulb said:

Sad news. I remember being awed by his ability to rip a yellow pages in half.

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I always used our yellow pages as a backstop for my blow pipe and air pistols. I miss them. I’m not using my Littleswoods catalogues… No way.

 

PILTDOWN MAN

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A huge gentle man RIP

 

One Teddy Maybank

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RIP

 

Super Steve Earle

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Very sad. From an era when British athletes were household names for me. They still are, but somehow less so.

 

banjo

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Mackenzie said:

Ah that's sad....will always be my go to reference for an example of strength.

RIP Geoff

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Absolutely this!

 

jonny.rainbow

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Loved him in Sooty in the episode Superdog as a kid.

 

Joey Jo Jo Jr. Shabadoo

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When I was a lad my Nan had a photo on her mantelpiece of Geoff with my cousin sat on his shoulder that was taken as some sort of promotion shot for WSM. That was my first introduction to the world of strongman and I’ve followed it ever since.

RIP.