Tag: Charles Highfield

The Iron Neck of Charles Highfield

Posted on Monday, January 19th, 2015 by John Wood

We have featured young Charles Highfield before but here he is one more time with an even more remarkable feat: here the Coventry lad, only 14 years old at the time, is supporting the full weight of his father on his throat! ~ I’m certainly impressed.
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Charles Highfield: The Boy Samson

Posted on Monday, May 20th, 2013 by John Wood
Charles Highfield: The Boy Samson
Charles Highfield, of Coventry, was billed as “The Boy Samson” – the strongest boy in Britain. This picture, taken on February 13, 1932 on Binley Road, by the swimming pool, shows the young strength athlete putting a 100 lb. globe barbell overhead with one hand.
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