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David Soul from Starsky and Hutch, 80.

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To return to a measure of gravity; My old man died this morning after a short illness. He was RL through and through, a former groundsman and director at Batley amongst other roles at a number of

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my mum, aged 82. Proud Leigh supporter, season ticket holder for god only knows how many years, the woman that took me to my first match and made me a knitted scarf for the event( Leigh versus Austral

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RIP Hughie, a proper legend and a damn nice bloke as well. I only saw him a few years ago when he was playing a veterans’ game and he was in fine form then. This is one of my favourite pics of mine of

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4 hours ago, Old Frightful said:

David Soul from Starsky and Hutch, 80.

Was genuinely saddened to hear that on the news.

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The Kaiser. Franz Beckenbauer 78 .Rest in Peace

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Futtocks

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One hell of a player.

Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Someone posted elsewhere that he was the first German that his dad's generation felt it was okay to like (post-WW2).

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Welsh Rugby Union player John (J.P.R.) Williams aged 74.

One that got away, from a RL perspective. He'd have done alright.

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On 05/01/2024 at 15:21, DavidM said:

Very sad . His were some of the first records I had , Silver Lady a classic 

Loved him in Salem's Lot.

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Futtocks

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Pretty sure we missed quite a lot of these deaths during last year. R.I.P.

 

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Cindy Morgan, aged 69. Mainly known for Tron and playing Lacey Underall (fnarr!) in Caddyshack.

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On 08/01/2024 at 20:47, Futtocks said:

Welsh Rugby Union player John (J.P.R.) Williams aged 74.

One that got away, from a RL perspective. He'd have done alright.

I recall reading somewhere that he was all set to sign for Hull FC in the early 80's, they'd even line a job up at a local hospital,  but it fell through for some reason.  Who knows? Union players presumably would spread rumours about signing RL to get a better deal from their clubs, and RL teams spread them to sell season tickets.  In those days when if was all cloak and dagger, there's no way of telling.

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23 hours ago, Trojan said:

I recall reading somewhere that he was all set to sign for Hull FC in the early 80's, they'd even line a job up at a local hospital,  but it fell through for some reason.  Who knows? Union players presumably would spread rumours about signing RL to get a better deal from their clubs, and RL teams spread them to sell season tickets.  In those days when if was all cloak and dagger, there's no way of telling.

He would have been an outstanding Rugby League player, and surely your not suggesting that union clubs were paying their players before their game went honest in 1995? 🤣

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6 hours ago, The Future is League said:

He would have been an outstanding Rugby League player, and surely your not suggesting that union clubs were paying their players before their game went honest in 1995? 🤣

As Tony Collins says in "The Codebreakers,"   the WRFU pretended they weren't paying the players and the RFU pretended to believe them, otherwise the whole home nations thing would have fallen apart.

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On 10/01/2024 at 09:41, Trojan said:

I recall reading somewhere that he was all set to sign for Hull FC in the early 80's, they'd even line a job up at a local hospital,  but it fell through for some reason.  Who knows? Union players presumably would spread rumours about signing RL to get a better deal from their clubs, and RL teams spread them to sell season tickets.  In those days when if was all cloak and dagger, there's no way of telling.

It was actually 1976 and word had got around that he'd got a job at Hull Royal (my mate's dad worked in the hospital works department and he told me Williams was on his way). In Vince Groak's excellent book "Last One Out...", former Hull director Mike Page confirmed it was a "done deal" but when Williams was on his way up to sign the contract he stopped and called his dad. Whatever was said was enough to get him to change his mind and head for home.

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Old Frightful

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3 hours ago, Ullman said:

It was actually 1976 and word had got around that he'd got a job at Hull Royal (my mate's dad worked in the hospital works department and he told me Williams was on his way). In Vince Groak's excellent book "Last One Out...", former Hull director Mike Page confirmed it was a "done deal" but when Williams was on his way up to sign the contract he stopped and called his dad. Whatever was said was enough to get him to change his mind and head for

home.

Bumped into Vince before the 2017 RL Cup Final.

I asked him "Is it true that if you can find an unsigned copy of your book, it's probably worth a fortune?"

His mates enjoyed his uncomfortable moment.

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11 hours ago, Old Frightful said:

Bumped into Vince before the 2017 RL Cup Final.

I asked him "Is it true that if you can find an unsigned copy of your book, it's probably worth a fortune?"

His mates enjoyed his uncomfortable moment.

I must admit, after reading through two hundred pages I was disappointed with the ending.

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Futtocks

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DJ Annie Nightingale, aged 83.

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