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Geoff Capes RIP 18:08 - Oct 23 with 1589 viewsWhos_blue

Another childhood legend gone.

BBC News - British shot put record holder Capes dies aged 75
https://www.bbc.com/sport/athletics/articles/c36pn5d7eydo

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Geoff Capes RIP on 18:20 - Oct 23 with 1521 viewsbazza

Very Sad news!!
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Legend…. on 18:35 - Oct 23 with 1490 viewsBloots

….although he did like the budgies.

Vivid memories of him bending iron bars round his neck from my childhood.

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Legend…. on 18:39 - Oct 23 with 1470 viewspositivity

Legend…. on 18:35 - Oct 23 by Bloots

….although he did like the budgies.

Vivid memories of him bending iron bars round his neck from my childhood.


RIP.

i know he was a great sportsperson in his own right, but it's superstars and vic and bob's fun bins which are springing to mind...


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Geoff Capes RIP on 18:41 - Oct 23 with 1451 viewsDubtractor

RIP geoff.

Oddly, this jumps to mind on hearing the news.

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Geoff Capes RIP on 18:51 - Oct 23 with 1404 viewsBLUEBEAT

I remember when he visited Worlingham Middle School, circa 1983, wearing a stained tracksuit and a Tshirt with (I think) a Taddy’s Lager logo.

He was cool, in the playground messing about, then he tripped a kid in a japey way and the lad fell funny and knocked his front teeth out 😂. What a claim to fame, having your front teeth knocked out by the world’s strongest man.

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Geoff Capes RIP on 18:58 - Oct 23 with 1375 viewswaveneyblue

Geoff Capes RIP on 18:51 - Oct 23 by BLUEBEAT

I remember when he visited Worlingham Middle School, circa 1983, wearing a stained tracksuit and a Tshirt with (I think) a Taddy’s Lager logo.

He was cool, in the playground messing about, then he tripped a kid in a japey way and the lad fell funny and knocked his front teeth out 😂. What a claim to fame, having your front teeth knocked out by the world’s strongest man.


He turned up at my school in Lowestoft around the same time. It was for some charity/sponsored event I think. He was hilarious, throwing (!!!) Kids around after we had our picture taken with him. Ah the good old days
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Geoff Capes RIP on 19:00 - Oct 23 with 1364 viewsbelgablue

Sad news. Remember getting my photo with him as a 7 year old at Seapets in Martlesham. Absolute giant. RIP.

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Geoff Capes RIP on 19:02 - Oct 23 with 1353 viewsblueasfook

Ledge. RIP big fella.

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Geoff Capes RIP on 19:10 - Oct 23 with 1324 viewsBLUEBEAT

Geoff Capes RIP on 18:58 - Oct 23 by waveneyblue

He turned up at my school in Lowestoft around the same time. It was for some charity/sponsored event I think. He was hilarious, throwing (!!!) Kids around after we had our picture taken with him. Ah the good old days


Yep, just like that 😂

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Geoff Capes RIP on 19:13 - Oct 23 with 1317 viewsBluesky

Lovely guy. I was once on the wrong side of a swing door in an athletic stadium changing room when he came through it pissed at having blown a shot putt competition. I must have travelled six feet backwards through the air. He immediately apologised profusely, came down from his anger and bought me a pint in the bar. Great competitor.
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Geoff Capes RIP on 20:16 - Oct 23 with 1187 viewsfactual_blue

And a former president of the Budgerigar Society

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Geoff Capes RIP on 21:43 - Oct 23 with 1071 viewsstonojnr

Im sure he came to Whitton sports centre once earlyish maybe mid 80s for some sports event or to promote sports, as I recall a sudden craze of ripping telephone books in half at school
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Geoff Capes RIP on 08:16 - Oct 24 with 868 viewsBloomBlue

I did meet him a couple of times in Stowmarket in the 70s. He was happy to chat to anyone who stopped to talk with him. He was there (if I remember correctly) as he had been helping train or advise a young lad from Combs who won Suffolk strongest man contest - Robert or Roger Cobbold, sorry forget the lads name now
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