PaulSaint Posted 22 May, 2013 Share Posted 22 May, 2013 Great Saturday afternoon memories for those of us of a certain age. RIP Mick. http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/showbiz/news/a483638/wrestler-mick-mcmanus-dies-aged-93.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buctootim Posted 22 May, 2013 Share Posted 22 May, 2013 (edited) RIP Mick. 93 though, that means he must have been 55 for that 1975 fight with Catweazle (who I always wanted to win). Saw them both on the Royal Pier once when I was about 14, among the fake palm trees with a coke. Heady days Edited 22 May, 2013 by buctootim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZepSaint Posted 22 May, 2013 Share Posted 22 May, 2013 Wasn't he the guy that used to wear a white / green wrestling 'suit' that had shamrock's running up it ? Or is my memory playing tricks on me in my old age ........... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZepSaint Posted 22 May, 2013 Share Posted 22 May, 2013 Nope, scratch that ................. Was Dave 'Fit' Finlay ......................:-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dimond Geezer Posted 22 May, 2013 Share Posted 22 May, 2013 93 Wow (although according to wiki he was 87). It never realised these guys were middle-aged/almost pensionable when they were throwing themselves around back in the 70s-80s. It may have been all fake, but their bodies still went through the ringer. Rip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wade Garrett Posted 22 May, 2013 Share Posted 22 May, 2013 He always used to get grabbed by the ears. World of Sport wrestling legend. Right up there with Big Daddy, Giant Haystacks and Kendo Nagasaki. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamilton Saint Posted 22 May, 2013 Share Posted 22 May, 2013 Wow! Mick McManus. That was a long time ago. Wrestling on ITV, Saturday afternoon, IIRC. And then there was Billy Two Rivers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EastleighSoulBoy Posted 22 May, 2013 Share Posted 22 May, 2013 He always used to get grabbed by the ears. World of Sport wrestling legend. Right up there with Big Daddy, Giant Haystacks and Kendo Nagasaki. Add Jackie Pallo to that list, it was often he who would pull Mick's ears. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackie_Pallo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted 22 May, 2013 Share Posted 22 May, 2013 Les Kellett (Kallett) was another from that golden (black and white screen ) era And Kent Walton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hutch Posted 23 May, 2013 Share Posted 23 May, 2013 Wasn't he the guy that used to wear a white / green wrestling 'suit' that had shamrock's running up it ? Or is my memory playing tricks on me in my old age ........... No, I remember it was very very light grey with some darker grey bits. So was his skin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev Posted 23 May, 2013 Share Posted 23 May, 2013 I met his cousin when I was a kid on holiday on the Isle of Wight. Poor lady was the spitting image of him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wade Garrett Posted 23 May, 2013 Share Posted 23 May, 2013 I met his cousin when I was a kid on holiday on the Isle of Wight. Poor lady was the spitting image of him. Did you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulSaint Posted 24 May, 2013 Author Share Posted 24 May, 2013 Mick preferred Pompey Colours!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solentstars Posted 26 May, 2013 Share Posted 26 May, 2013 Remember him very well as a young kid my grandad would always come round on a Saturday and put the wrestling on. Sent from my Nexus 4 using Tapatalk 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viking Warrior Posted 26 May, 2013 Share Posted 26 May, 2013 I remember him . My dad was a fan . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viking Warrior Posted 26 May, 2013 Share Posted 26 May, 2013 I have vague recollections of his bouts with Steve Logan and one other person I cannot remember Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viking Warrior Posted 26 May, 2013 Share Posted 26 May, 2013 I have remembered McManus co Hirt Jackie pallo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bridge too far Posted 26 May, 2013 Share Posted 26 May, 2013 BBC 4 has a programme about wrestling on right now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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