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

[Ericsladkilnhurst]

Robin Hardy was a hard man, nickname Oddjob

[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.

[mikemiller]

Robin Hardy was a hard man, nickname Oddjob

If only he could have played football too - well, we did sign him from the Fowls, so what did we expect? He was awful, and not fit to be mentioned in the same thread as Gerry Gow, who was actually a very skillful player

[PeteWaller]

Whofludung was a formidable something or other