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Athletics mourns Niblett


ATHLETICS: Horwich Harriers is mourning the death of Jimmy Niblett who has been a member of the club since 1979.

He died after battling prostate cancer in recent years.

A former miner and Royal Marine, he was also a member of Bolton Wrestling Club.

He was Northern and Lancashire welterweight wrestling champion and also won the North-west Olympics wrestling trials.

He was denied a chance to challenge for a place in the Great Britain wrestling team through injury.

He became a professional wrestler and toured Sweden, Finland, Malaysia and Saudi Arabia under the name of Killer James.


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