[Other Sport] RIP Dickie Davies

[Weststander]

You beat me to it. That was one of the strangest ones. Didn't they also feature high diving off what looked like a terribly fragile silver crane that took about 5 mins to climb?

And how about the Canadian lumberjack sports which included log rolling?

I mentioned this earlier, the world was a bigger place in the 70’s. 95% of Brits hadn’t been beyond non-communist Europe or the narcotics trail to India/Thailand.

Seeing all these places was incredible.

Separately, a penny for every time Dickie Davies mentioned the words “Ivan Mauger”

 

[jakarta]

Would have loved to have seen his intro into Aussie Rules Football. Probably along these lines?

Basically there is a brawl which now and then stops for the ball to be passed or kicked, and yes they are wearing vests with the refs wearing white coats

 

[PeterT]

That's interesting, what was East Germany like at that time?

Fascinating. I was only 12/13, we went on a two week tour around the place. It gave me a lifelong interest of all things DDR related!

 

[Seagull58]

I always loved 49’ers teams …. Montana was like a god, Jerry Rice.

Jerry Rice almost certainly the best wide receiver ever. Montana the best QB of all time until Brady appeared.

 

[Weststander]

Jerry Rice almost certainly the best wide receiver ever. Montana the best QB of all time until Brady appeared.

I loved those 49'ers teams.

Despite having work the next day, I was lured in to Sunday nights with bugger all sleep ..... "I'll just give it another 10 minutes".

Some great QB's at that time ... Elway and Marino too.

 

[Seagull58]

I loved those 49'ers teams.

Despite having work the next day, I was lured in to Sunday nights with bugger all sleep ..... "I'll just give it another 10 minutes".

Some great QB's at that time ... Elway and Marino too.

Remember Marino and the Marks brothers?

 

[Weststander]

Remember Marino and the Marks brothers?

I forgot about them until you said. Marino, how could I forget?

 

[jakarta]

Remember Marino and the Marks brothers?

Had a long weekend in December 1990 in Miami to see the Dolphins play the Indianapolis Colts (who had a certain Eric Dickerson playing for them at RB).

Was ripped off by the 'Sports Company' who put me in an utterly shit hotel on Miami Beach, End Zone seat for the game etc. One and only experience of Miami, wont be going back.

Good game however, from memory Marino did the business. Marks Brothers, think only Clayton was playing as Duper had been caught with Marching Powder...

 

[The Lemming Stomper]

WoS definitely showed very brief NFL highlights before C4 was around. Probably only the SuperBowl and maybe the Championship games only though, not as a regular thing.

I think it was the Steelers v Dallas 1976...

I was 10 and wanted the team in black to beat the team in white