Wednesday, November 28, 2007
David ProwseBefore he was Darth Vader in the Star Wars movies, David Prowse was the British Heavyweight lifting Champion in 1962, 1963 and 1964.
At 6' 7 and 265 pounds, he deadlifted 678-1/4 pounds, jerked 335 pound behind the neck as well as competed in bodybuilding, Olympic Weightlifting and tossed the caber in the Highland Games.
He also was the first man other that Donald Dinnie to lift the Dinnie Stones (which he did in 1964.) Prowse also once owned the Inch Dumbbell.
Labels: British Champion, Caber Tossing, David Prowse, Deadlift, Highland Games, Inch Dumbbell, Jerk, Oldtime Strongman, Olympic Weightlifting
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