Quote Originally Posted by splott parker View Post
William Wilson starred in about five different eras, when I was religiously following his exploits in the 60s he was about 120 years old then. Tupper got to meetings on his motorbike and sidebath after a day’s welding, Wilson ran a couple of hundred miles to get to a venue without eating, the man was and still is a marvel, Alf is no doubt long retired.
But Alf Tupper ran half his races with a shoe spike sticking into his foot - and half of those he had to finish bare foot and bleeding!