o/t Rotherham's hardest man ?

[the_idiotb_stardson]

By this I mean bar-room brawler.

Who is it today?

Who was it back in the 70's?
80's?
90's
2000
current day.


Any tories about these hard men? Any myths or legends?

[sickly_child]

Gerry Gow eternal

[PeteWaller]

Gerry Gow eternal

Absolutely Gerry Gow

[monty_rhodes]

Gerry Gow eternal

I think the OP is after town brawlers not RUFC hard men, sickly. I can only comment on the sixties. Back then not appropriate to talk of "Rotherham" as hard nuts tended to stick to their own patches as they were loathe to spend beer money on bus fares. Two I remember well were Canklow Wayne (don't know his surname) a bruiser with the Ritson gang in Canklow and Father Barry Molloy, RC priest at St Mary's on Valley Road who would flag down cars on Saturday nights and beat up the occupants if they were Protestant. Great days.

[sickly_child]

Ah!!

[Pattylallacks2]

Curly Rispin from East Herringthorpe was a formidable scrapper. Used to take off his shirt before a fight allegedly.

[Scum-Triumphant]

Currently it is hotly disputed between Jozef Popik of Ferham and Juraj Gabor of Eastwood.

[nakedtruth]

Currently it is hotly disputed between Jozef Popik of Ferham and Juraj Gabor of Eastwood.

Is that with or without a knife?

[cocopops61]

That Marcus lad in the wheelchair used to hand out at the youth club they had at Wath Comp back then.

I think the OP is after town brawlers not RUFC hard men, sickly. I can only comment on the sixties. Back then not appropriate to talk of "Rotherham" as hard nuts tended to stick to their own patches as they were loathe to spend beer money on bus fares. Two I remember well were Canklow Wayne (don't know his surname) a bruiser with the Ritson gang in Canklow and Father Barry Molloy, RC priest at St Mary's on Valley Road who would flag down cars on Saturday nights and beat up the occupants if they were Protestant. Great days.

This can't be true about the RC priest surely?

The hardest man that I knew lived about two miles away from me in Nottingham,he is called Colin Gunn and he's seriously nasty,he's doing life right now for the murder of a couple near Skegness,I was in a pub one Friday night and he walked in with a few a mates and the whole pub emptied,went from packed when I went to the toilet to completely empty when I walked out of it

[sota]

I think hard is being confused with nuts. Speaking of nuts, my old karate instructor at Temperance Hall (Ray Roberts) could hold his nuts up inside himself and would invite anyone to kick him in them lol

Anyone remember George who taught Lau Gar Kung Foo at the YMCA? He was a master in the art and was a friend of mine. Powerful guy who could do the sideways splits and had a kick like a mule. He sadly died at just 40 years old.

Freddie the paratrooper in the County Borough? Always wore his red beret. Lovely fella as hard as nails.

Hard men, but good people.