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Abdul Qadir & Chester Williams RIP

killerandflash
killerandflash Posts: 70,028
in Other Football and Sports
Sadly two sporting greats have passed on today

I remember Abdul Qadir (63) when mystery spinners were REALLY a mystery, and his leg spinners bamboozled batsmen, while Chester Williams (49) was a key member of the South African World Cup winning team of 1995

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  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,390
    both comparatively young men .. R I P
  • PaddyP17
    PaddyP17 Posts: 13,046
    A sad day for sport - losing two true greats. Rest in peace. 
  • Bedsaddick
    Bedsaddick Posts: 24,813
    RIP

  • Big William
    Big William Posts: 3,850
    I'll always remember one of the lads I go to The Valley with giving me a cricket update   "Looking bad, Abdul Qadirs turning the ball backwards!" And he seemed to be doing just that.

    Both far too young, RIP.
  • CatAddick
    CatAddick Posts: 2,391
    Shocked about Abdul Qadir but RIP to both
  • LenGlover
    LenGlover Posts: 31,682
    Very sad indeed.

    Abdul Qadir was one of cricket's spinning greats and Chester Williams was a very talented wing three quarter whom I believe was the first non-white South African test player once apartheid thankfully came to an end.
  • Bigbadbozman
    Bigbadbozman Posts: 1,775
    RIP
  • Algarveaddick
    Algarveaddick Posts: 21,201
    RIP gentlemen. 
  • PrincessFiona
    PrincessFiona Posts: 5,491
    Williams is the fourth member of that 1995 World Cup-winning side to die tragically early, after Kruger, Van der Westhuizen and Small
  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,390
    edited September 2019
    PrincessFiona said:
    Williams is the fourth member of that 1995 World Cup-winning side to die tragically early, after Kruger, Van der Westhuizen and Small
    an interesting, if worrying fact .. the odds against this happening to relatively young men from the same team must be VERY high .. SA rugby has always been very attritional, but there again so is NZ rugby .. Lomu who was Small's opposite number for NZ in that final  also died at quite a young age

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  • PrincessFiona
    PrincessFiona Posts: 5,491
    Lincsaddick said:
    PrincessFiona said:
    Williams is the fourth member of that 1995 World Cup-winning side to die tragically early, after Kruger, Van der Westhuizen and Small
    an interesting, if worrying fact .. the odds against this happening to relatively young men from the same team must be VERY high .. SA rugby has always been very attritional, but there again so is NZ rugby .. Lomu who was Small's opposite number for NZ also died at quite a young age
    Yes my thoughts exactly. Always thought the number of the NZ team getting food poisoning was 'strange' too
  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,390
    PrincessFiona said:
    Lincsaddick said:
    PrincessFiona said:
    Williams is the fourth member of that 1995 World Cup-winning side to die tragically early, after Kruger, Van der Westhuizen and Small
    an interesting, if worrying fact .. the odds against this happening to relatively young men from the same team must be VERY high .. SA rugby has always been very attritional, but there again so is NZ rugby .. Lomu who was Small's opposite number for NZ also died at quite a young age
    Yes my thoughts exactly. Always thought the number of the NZ team getting food poisoning was 'strange' too
    the desire for the new 'rainbow nation' to win that tournament was almost out of control .. I was and still am convinced that the ABs were got at before the final .. Whatever, Nelson Mandela handing over the trophy to captain Pienaar whilst wearing the same number 6 'Boks shirt .. never to be forgotten .. shame that it has taken the untimely deaths to bring back good memories
  • PrincessFiona
    PrincessFiona Posts: 5,491
    Lincsaddick said:
    PrincessFiona said:
    Lincsaddick said:
    PrincessFiona said:
    Williams is the fourth member of that 1995 World Cup-winning side to die tragically early, after Kruger, Van der Westhuizen and Small
    an interesting, if worrying fact .. the odds against this happening to relatively young men from the same team must be VERY high .. SA rugby has always been very attritional, but there again so is NZ rugby .. Lomu who was Small's opposite number for NZ also died at quite a young age
    Yes my thoughts exactly. Always thought the number of the NZ team getting food poisoning was 'strange' too
    the desire for the new 'rainbow nation' to win that tournament was almost out of control .. I was and still am convinced that the ABs were got at before the final .. Whatever, Nelson Mandela handing over the trophy to captain Pienaar whilst wearing the same number 6 'Boks shirt .. never to be forgotten .. shame that it has taken the untimely deaths to bring back good memories
    Spot on
  • Brendan_O_Connell
    Brendan_O_Connell Posts: 8,938
    RIP and RIP
  • cafc999
    cafc999 Posts: 4,974
    RIP x 2 
  • markmc68
    markmc68 Posts: 1,593
    Loved watching qadir. Especially against a twitchy derek Randall. RIP 
  • IT_Andy
    IT_Andy Posts: 477
    Very sad. I do question the physical impact of sport on people in later life. Specially if they don't exercise for many years. Also some unknown effects of hard tackles in rugby and what it can do to the body. Don't like mentioning it but I do wonder if use of drugs in this era has caused early deaths.
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 70,028
    IT_Andy said:
    Very sad. I do question the physical impact of sport on people in later life. Specially if they don't exercise for many years. Also some unknown effects of hard tackles in rugby and what it can do to the body. Don't like mentioning it but I do wonder if use of drugs in this era has caused early deaths.
    Yes, it does seem like a horrible coincidence otherwise for 4 members of the 1995 side to pass on already, 2 of heart attacks within a couple of months

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