Athletics fraternity mourn the passing of towering gentle giant Dattaya

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Athletics fraternity mourn the passing of towering gentle giant Dattaya
M. Dattaya
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PETALING JAYA: Triple SEA Games hammer throw champion M. Dattaya , a well known athletics figure in the 60s and 70s, passed away at his daughters home in Melbourne, Australia on Tuesday morning.Hailing from Taiping, Dattaya was known for his duels with his hometown mate Ghenda Singh in hammer throw events and was also a rival to multiple SEAP and SEA Games discus throw champion Danapal Naidu.

Dattaya and Nashatar also played rugby for Perak while the former has also represented the state in football. "I had an unique opportunity to lead the national athletics team to the 1973 SEAP Games in Singapore where Dattaya was part of the team. He was very friendly with everyone but never smiled at Ghenda who also hails form Taiping," recalled Vaithilingam.

Choo Jawn Hee, a former national table tennis player and also attached to the StarSport for more than three decades, called Dattaya a gentle giant.

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