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andytoprankin said:
Ooh. Twice?

I have BB correct with Skilly Williams, great grandfather of Daniel Grieves. Over to you, BB. But happy for you to add to that, ofh. <ok>
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Thank the good lord for that - I'd run out of goalkeeping legends...

This man, in his overalls and work boots, is a legendary figure in Australian sport. Who is he and what is he famous for?

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andytoprankin said:
Ooh. Twice?

I have BB correct with Skilly Williams, great grandfather of Daniel Grieves. Over to you, BB. But happy for you to add to that, ofh. <ok>
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Daniel Greives was the grandson of Reg Williams jnr as well as the great grandson of Skilly Williams. Reg Williams jnr is down as a Watford player although I cannot find out much about him. Must try and find out more. :emoticon-0100-smile
 
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Bolton's Boots said:
Thank the good lord for that - I'd run out of goalkeeping legends...

This man, in his overalls and work boots, is a legendary figure in Australian sport. Who is he and what is he famous for?

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I have just looked into this and it is a superb story. I'm not going to answer (busy next 48 hours) but I urge everyone to look into this. Good stuff, BB.
 
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canary-dave said:
Wow! Just read about him, what a man! <applause>
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Just to clarify, I didn't post the answer because, in my view, I cheated. Some questions require a lot of research and it's fair enough to use google for answers, but this one, I just right-clicked on the photo and searched google for the image and up he poppoed, far too simple to claim success!
 
canary-dave said:
Just to clarify, I didn't post the answer because, in my view, I cheated. Some questions require a lot of research and it's fair enough to use google for answers, but this one, I just right-clicked on the photo and searched google for the image and up he poppoed, far too simple to claim success!
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Can't do that on my laptop anymore for some reason, so I assumed that would be the same for everyone. Silly me. :(
 
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OK - probably best to move on, given that I stuffed up using a picture. The guy in the picture is Cliff Young. In 1983, at the age of 61, he entered the Sydney to Melbourne ultra-marathon, a distance of around 540 miles - a race that normally takes 5 days to run, with runners running for 18 hour stretches before taking 6 hour breaks. Dressed in work overalls and work boots, and in classic tortoise and hare fashion, Cliff won the race simply by running non-stop the whole way.

One for the wordsmiths - in English English, the contraction 's can be used to replace five words. What are they? (I specified English English as the Americans have six - one of which isn't really recognised here.)
 
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Bolton's Boots said:
OK - probably best to move on, given that I stuffed up using a picture. The guy in the picture is Cliff Young. In 1983, at the age of 61, he entered the Sydney to Melbourne ultra-marathon, a distance of around 540 miles - a race that normally takes 5 days to run, with runners running for 18 hour stretches before taking 6 hour breaks. Dressed in work overalls and work boots, and in classic tortoise and hare fashion, Cliff won the race simply by running non-stop the whole way.

One for the wordsmiths - in English English, the contraction 's can be used to replace five words. What are they? (I specified English English as the Americans have six - one of which isn't really recognised here.)
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Only got 3 of them - is,has and us - was in American English. Unfortunately if you google under 'contractions' you end up reading about labour pains !
 
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