David Idle

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David Idle
Personal information
NationalityBritish (English)
Born1947 [1]
Leeds, England [2]
Sport
Sport Amateur wrestling
Event
Lightweight

David Idle (born 1947) is a former male wrestler from England who competed at the Commonwealth Games.

Biography

Idle, from Leeds, was a plumber by profession [1] He was the 1970 English wrestling champion and Commonwealth trials winner and had a significant rivalry with Joe Kelliher, who beat him at the British Wrestling Championships for the lightweight category title the same year. [3]

Idle represented the England team [4] at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland, [5] where he participated in the lightweight 68kg division, finishing just outside the medal rostrum in fourth place. [6]

In 1974, he was wrestling for Huddersfield Sports Centre [7] and helped them reach the BBC Television's Sports Town 75 competition. [8]

References

  1. 1 2 "Keino destroys the field to prove that hes's the greatest" . Birmingham Daily Post. 23 July 1970. p. 34. Retrieved 28 January 2026– via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. ↑ "Index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 28 January 2026.
  3. ↑ "Idle out-pointed by Kelleher" . Kensington News and West London Times. 16 October 1970. p. 8. Retrieved 28 January 2026– via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ↑ "England Edinburgh 1970". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 8 November 2021. Retrieved 28 January 2026.
  5. ↑ "Sheena Grant" . Coventry Evening Telegraph. 13 May 1972. p. 14. Retrieved 28 January 2026– via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ↑ "Wrestling" . Daily Express. 23 July 1970. p. 12. Retrieved 28 January 2026– via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ↑ "Sports Centre match at Stretford" . Huddersfield Daily Examiner. 7 November 1974. p. 21. Retrieved 28 January 2026– via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ↑ "Sports Centre rally to final" . Huddersfield Daily Examiner. 9 December 1974. p. 10. Retrieved 28 January 2026– via British Newspaper Archive.
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