David Idle

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]