RIP 2019

canefan

https://stuff.co.nz/sport/other-sports/118196968/new-zealand-athletics-legend-peter-snell-dies-aged-80

Another great totara felled

Chris B.

@canefan Sir Ed, Pinetree and now Peter Snell. They were pretty much the first big sporting names I came across as a kid.

Along with Fergie McCormick because I was in Canterbury.

Chris B.

Mokey

I think one thing that kind of gets (understandably) overshadowed by the bling, is that Sir Peter had a PhD and was really respected in the field of exercise science over in the USA.

JC

@raznomore said in RIP 2019:

The thing I always noted about this video was how powerfully built he was for this distance. Would have been a pretty handy rugby player...

Icon. Legend. Great.

He came to our school when I was a nipper. He seemed massive to us. He was a hero then and he still is now. RIP.

Nepia

WTF, I thought both Snell and Aiello were already dead.

Anyway RIP both of them!

dogmeat

@JC Mine too. What school?

I remember in 64 being marched out onto the school playing field to listen to some speeches and then a guy ran around the fields and all the kids ran behind him. I had no idea it was Peter Snell back from the Olympics until my Dad asked me about it when I got home. I was still none the wiser as I was only five.

JC

@dogmeat Raumanga Primary in Whangarei. It would have been about 5 years after that and he didn't do any running. I do remember my teacher getting his autograph so he was obviously a big deal. Of course being 7 or whatever we were on the one hand awe-struck whilst also thinking that running a mile in 4 minutes didn't sound like something we couldn't do ourselves on a good day.

Salacious Crumb

Undefeated in major championships. He never won a silver or a bronze. All he won was Gold. His times are still remarkable.

Salacious Crumb

@Chris-B said in RIP 2019:

@canefan Sir Ed, Pinetree and now Peter Snell.

5yo at primary school and hand over heart that was the Holy Trinity.

antipodean

Lemmy Kilmister. Four years already.

Tim

RIP songwriter Allee Willis.

The Silver Fern

RIP 2019