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Geoff Capes RIP

clive
clive Posts: 19,452
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Geoff Capes, who competed for Great Britain in the shot put at three Olympic Games, won two Commonwealth titles and twice won the World’s Strongest Man competition, has died aged 75, his family have announced.
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2024/oct/23/geoff-capes-britain-most-famous-shot-putter-dies-aged-75
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  • hoof_it_up_to_benty
    hoof_it_up_to_benty Posts: 22,442
    A true giant of British athletics - RIP
  • Friend Or Defoe
    Friend Or Defoe Posts: 18,083
    R. I. P.

    A big (very big!) British icon during my childhood.
  • KBslittlesis
    KBslittlesis Posts: 8,602
    What a man!
    RIP 💪🏻💪🏻❤️
  • charlton4ever
    charlton4ever Posts: 1,716
    Loved watching Geoff. RIP.
  • Leuth
    Leuth Posts: 23,314
    hoof_it_up_to_benty said:
    A true giant of British athletics - RIP
    And budgerigar breeding. A titan in all senses! RIP
  • rina
    rina Posts: 2,334
    an absolute legend. rip big man
  • guinnessaddick
    guinnessaddick Posts: 28,616
    RIP
  • soapy_jones
    soapy_jones Posts: 21,350
    RIP a proper 70's geezer!
  • AndyG
    AndyG Posts: 5,906
    Wow RIP big fella 
  • cfgs
    cfgs Posts: 11,476
    He once picked my sister up, she was about six at the time and he lifted up nearly all her primary school class at once.

    A huge man, with a big heart.  RIP.
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  • seth plum
    seth plum Posts: 53,448
    RIP
  • Fumbluff
    Fumbluff Posts: 10,126
    edited October 2024
    Aw man.
    Visited my primary school when I was a kid and he was a giant. 
    Rest in Peace big guy
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 39,767
    RIP
  • cazo
    cazo Posts: 1,483
    Another good one gone.RIP big man
  • North Lower Neil
    North Lower Neil Posts: 22,949
    Met him when I was a kid, he was at some county fair thing and they got him to do a show pulling a tractor along, then he did autographs etc.

    Seemed a nice bloke.

    RIP.
  • golfaddick
    golfaddick Posts: 33,624
    Rest easy big man.


  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,021
    I could not name another Shot Putter before or since. Somehow for a brief period during my childhood, Capes' made it interesting enough for him to become a household name. RIP Geoff.
  • cafcforever
    cafcforever Posts: 215
    Stig said:
    I could not name another Shot Putter before or since. Somehow for a brief period during my childhood, Capes' made it interesting enough for him to become a household name. RIP Geoff.
    Still the British record holder for the shot put, RIP legend.
  • Afternoon Delight
    Afternoon Delight Posts: 912
    edited October 2024
    Another part of my childhood gone. Back then The World's Strongest Man was compulsive viewing.

    RIP Big Man
  • Rock Spectacle
    Rock Spectacle Posts: 1,440
    RIP, always came across as a decent bloke.
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  • ken_shabby
    ken_shabby Posts: 6,255
    Very sad. Seemed like a gentle giant and breeder of budgies.
    RIP
  • Algarveaddick
    Algarveaddick Posts: 21,150
    I recall him being pretty good in Superstars as well. RIP Geoff. 
  • philcafc
    philcafc Posts: 3,883
    Britain's greatest Shot Putter who always came across as a terrific guy. RIP
  • Redmidland
    Redmidland Posts: 44,700
    Sad news, lovely bloke and did Great Britain proud at Shot Putt and WSM! RIP Geoff and thank you for everything. Condolences to family and friends xx
  • lolwray
    lolwray Posts: 4,900
    RIP...
  • MrOneLung
    MrOneLung Posts: 26,849
    No one could rip the phone book in half like him. 

    RIP
  • bobmunro
    bobmunro Posts: 20,843
    Was coached by Stuart Storey (who taught me golf - but he was a better shot put coach!) and I saw Geoff and spoke to him many times when I was at Thames Poly - he would walk down a basement corridor and it was like an eclipse of the sun, blocking out all the light.

    Huge man in every respect.

    RIP Superstar
  • Valleyfan2
    Valleyfan2 Posts: 224
    RIP Geoff, Great man. 
  • RodneyCharltonTrotta
    RodneyCharltonTrotta Posts: 14,827
    RIP
  • Rob7Lee
    Rob7Lee Posts: 9,594
    RIP Budgie man.

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