[Other Sport] Geoff Capes RIP

[chip]

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]

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

RIP Geoff

 

[Questions]

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

 

[hart's shirt]

Broke the British shot put record in 1980.

No-one's beaten it yet.

 

[Weststander]

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]

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

 

[shingle]

FFS R.I.P Geoff

 

[Light_Bulb]

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

 

[Weststander]

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

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

 

[timbha]

IIRC he was a decent sprinter

 

[Is it PotG?]

Who's looking after his budgies?

RIP

 

[Goldstone1976]

Oh crap.

RIP Big guy.

 

[Questions]

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

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]

A huge gentle man RIP

 

[One Teddy Maybank]

RIP

 

[Super Steve Earle]

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

 

[banjo]

 

[Common as Mook]

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

RIP Geoff

Absolutely this!

 

[jonny.rainbow]

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

 

[Joey Jo Jo Jr. Shabadoo]

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.