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Todd Bennett RIP

Addickted
Addickted Posts: 19,456
in Other Football and Sports
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/athletics/23341948

Ran against him a couple of times in the early '80s. A really decent bloke and so dedicated to his Athletics career.

RIP

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  • 1se7
    1se7 Posts: 599
    How extremely sad -- what great runner he was -- one of my heroes. RIP.
  • AFKABartram
    AFKABartram Posts: 57,825
    That's sad, he was one of the main UK athletes at the time I was first getting into athletics.
  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,348
    edited July 2013
    so many youngish one time top athletes are dying from cancer .. too much stress and strain on the body at a young age ? .. anyway .. so sad to hear this .. RIP Todd
  • AddickFC81
    AddickFC81 Posts: 4,053
    Such sad news, he was such a young man. RIP!
  • uie2
    uie2 Posts: 4,596
    very sad RIP Todd
  • LenGlover
    LenGlover Posts: 31,651
    I saw him run at Crystal Palace as part of that 4x400 team shown on Addickted's link.

    An integral part of a successful team which was greater than the sum of its parts to coin a phrase and tragic that he has passed away so young.

    RIP
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,844
    Really sad news, RIP. Part of a great 4 * 400 relay team
  • Brendan_O_Connell
    Brendan_O_Connell Posts: 8,938
    RIP
  • _MrDick
    _MrDick Posts: 13,104
    What a crying shame. Cancer is such a cruel disease. RIP Todd
  • Fanny Fanackapan
    Fanny Fanackapan Posts: 18,737
    Such sad news. Another taken so young by this cruel disease.

    Saw Todd ( used to nickname him Tilly Todd ) run many times at the Palace and also as part of the GB 4 x 400 relay team, with special memories of LA '84.

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