[Other Sport] RIP Bert Royal

[Lenny Rider]

Legendary grappler.

When the whole country stopped at 4pm on Saturday.

RIP

 

[LamieRobertson]

One half of The Royal brothers ..only wrestling I bothered to watch on a Saturday afternoon…was special

 

[Questions]

There was a period before the time of the fat boys when wrestlers were athletic.

Tibor Zachash ? (Sp)

 

[bobby baxter]

There was a period before the time of the fatuous when wrestlers were athletic.

Tibor Zachash ? (Sp)

Tibor and Peter Szakas ? Hungarian ?

 

[GT49er]

One half of The Royal brothers ..only wrestling I bothered to watch on a Saturday afternoon…was special

Ah yes, him and his brother Vic Faulkner (aldo now the 'late great').

 

[The Clamp]

Who?

 

[Cowfold Seagull]

Will always remember the Saturday afternoons in my early childhood, my mum arracking the tellybox with her handbag when Mick McManus entered the ring.

 

[severnside gull]

One half of The Royal brothers ..only wrestling I bothered to watch on a Saturday afternoon…was special

Bert Royal & Vic Faulkner
Sometimes fought as a tag team under those names, sometimes the Royal brothers, sometimes the Faulkner’s (real surname)

 

[jcdenton08]

Who?

I am surprised you say this, because the OP’s first words in his post are “legendary grappler”. Then the subsequent post states “ One half of The Royal brothers ..only wrestling I bothered to watch on a Saturday afternoon…was special”.

I’d have thought that would be more than enough information to work out who Bert Royal is.

 

[WATFORD zero]

I am surprised you say this, because the OP’s first words in his post are “legendary grappler”. Then the subsequent post states “ One half of The Royal brothers ..only wrestling I bothered to watch on a Saturday afternoon…was special”.

I’d have thought that would be more than enough information to work out who Bert Royal is.

Ding Ding, seconds out

 

[The Clamp]

I am surprised you say this, because the OP’s first words in his post are “legendary grappler”. Then the subsequent post states “ One half of The Royal brothers ..only wrestling I bothered to watch on a Saturday afternoon…was special”.

I’d have thought that would be more than enough information to work out who Bert Royal is.

Yes, that’s the joke.

See the Darius RIP thread for context.

 

[jcdenton08]

Apologies. I think these things can’t seem a little bit less funny when you know the people in question in RIP threads. I also appreciate nobody is to know that and it isn’t malicious towards anyone, including the deceased

 

[The Clamp]

Apologies. I think these things can’t seem a little bit less funny when you know the people in question in RIP threads. I also appreciate nobody is to know that and it isn’t malicious towards anyone, including the deceased

My fault. Probably not a thread for humour. It came from a good place but nevertheless, I apologise.

 

[Garry Nelson's teacher]

Ding Ding, seconds out

I've only just realised, at the age of 67, that 'seconds out' refers to their trainers. I always assumed that it referred to seconds (as in timing) of the break between rounds being out and the bout needing to be resumed.