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Post by Wynn Chester on May 22, 2024 18:56:01 GMT
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Post by jno on May 23, 2024 3:52:30 GMT
This is very sad.
Granted, I never saw him win his medal but this advert was on what seemed to be every time I watched TV as a kid (which was a lot) making me think David Wilkie was a good guy, role model and someone we should all aspire to be as an adult.
Years later he's told off for swimming too fast at his local pool by a jobsworth lifeguard, you couldn't make it up.
And it's Wilkie! RIP to a real 70s Superstar.
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Post by billymedhurst on May 24, 2024 23:21:04 GMT
RIP. Yes, sad to read this. Part of 70s culture, and ofcourse have to mention Mark Spitz, the human fish.
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Post by daz on May 25, 2024 5:46:59 GMT
An Aberdeen loon by all accounts, until you read he was born abroad and schooled at a posh Edinburgh boarding school.
His folks were both from Aberdeen though, so that was the link to here. We'll claim him though.
He was at a swimming club training us kids one day back in the 80s and I can remember him being nice.
Gave up his career aged just 22.
Swimming was the only sport I was ever good at, but my goodness it was elitist and sadly still very much the case.
RIP
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