About Eric Cleaver
Lived 1927 – 2021 (aged 93–94). Eric Cleaver was an athletics competitor.
Eric Alfred Ratfyn Cleaver (15 June 1927 – 15 March 2021) was an English discus thrower.
Biography Cleaver finished third behind Mark Pharaoh in the discus throw event at the 1956 AAA Championships.
Cleaver was selected for the England athletics team in the discus at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales.
Cleaver finished second and third respectively behind Mike Lindsay at the 1959 AAA Championships and 1960 AAA Championships.
Cleaver also competed in the 1962 European Athletics Championships and served in the Royal Army Physical Training Corps.
Cleaver died on 15 March 2021, at the age of 93.
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Who was Eric Cleaver?
British discus thrower
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Eric Cleaver was born in 1927.
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Eric Cleaver died in 2021.
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Eric Cleaver was an athletics competitor.
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