Team selections for Derby Dead Pool 2003

Key to symbols

    over 80 (-1 point)
    joker (double points)

 

Arturo X
4th place last year at his first attempt. No relation to Malcolm.
  1. Captain Beefheart
  2. George Best
  3. Ian Brady
  4. Madame Chiang Kai-shek Over 80 at
 time of death
  5. Brian Clough
  6. Kirk Douglas
  7. Michael Foot
  8. Zsa Zsa Gabor
  9. Stephen Hawking
  10. Katharine Hepburn Over 80 at time of
 death
  11. Alex Higgins
  12. Thora Hird Over 80 at time of
 death
  13. Bob Hope Joker! Over 80 at time of death
  14. Pope John Paul II
  15. Lady Bird Johnson
  16. Arthur Miller
  17. Gregory Peck Over 80 at time of
 death
  18. Ronald Reagan
  19. JD Salinger
  20. Warren Zevon

 

Big Iain
DDP organiser 1996-2002, now taking a back seat but still entering a strong (or weak, depending how you look at it) team.
  1. John Astin
  2. Raymond Baxter
  3. Captain Beefheart
  4. Ian Brady
  5. Madame Chiang Kai-shek Over 80 at
 time of death
  6. Alistair Cooke
  7. Zsa Zsa Gabor
  8. Edward Heath
  9. Alex Higgins
  10. Bob Hope Over 80 at time of
 death
  11. Pope John Paul II Joker!
  12. Arthur Miller
  13. Sir John Mills
  14. Arnold Palmer
  15. Nancy Reagan
  16. Ronald Reagan
  17. Ronald Searle
  18. Elizabeth Taylor
  19. Robert Wise
  20. Fay Wray

 

Cefor Cat
One of two feline entrants this year, Cefor has had just one hit in DDP in each of the last 3 years, never scoring more than 5 points.
  1. Princess Alice
  2. Neil Armstrong
  3. Raymond Baxter
  4. Ali Bongo
  5. Ivor Cutler
  6. The Duke of Devonshire
  7. Michael Foot
  8. Larry Hagman
  9. Sir Edmund Hillary
  10. Thora Hird Over 80 at time of
 death
  11. Whitney Houston
  12. Bonnie Langford
  13. Humphrey Lyttleton
  14. Bettie Page
  15. Rev Ian Paisley
  16. Leni Riefenstahl Joker! Over 80 at time of death
  17. JD Salinger
  18. Sir Jimmy Saville
  19. Liz Smith
  20. Harry Dean Stanton

 

Drummerboy
Now in collaboration with Mrs Drummerboy as well - our only Antipodean DDP team as far as we know.
  1. Yasser Arafat
  2. Osama bin Laden
  3. Geoff Boycott
  4. Marlon Brando
  5. Germaine Greer
  6. Charlton Heston
  7. Bob Hope Over 80 at time of
 death
  8. Pope John Paul II
  9. Andrew Lloyd Webber
  10. Imelda Marcos
  11. Liza Minnelli
  12. Jack Newton
  13. Arnold Palmer
  14. Ronald Reagan
  15. Diana Ross
  16. Barry Sheene Joker!
  17. Elizabeth Taylor
  18. Margaret Thatcher
  19. Gough Whitlam
  20. Boris Yeltsin

 

Drunkasaskunk
DDP winner in '98 & '99, claims he "wuz robbed" last year when actress Carrie Hamilton failed to get an obit…definitely one to watch.
  1. Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands
  2. Ronnie Biggs
  3. Vaclav Havel
  4. Katharine Hepburn Over 80 at time of
 death
  5. Alex Higgins
  6. Bob Hope Over 80 at time of
 death
  7. David Lange
  8. Sir Angus Ogilvy
  9. Norman Painting
  10. Prince Philip
  11. Augusto Pinochet
  12. Harold Pinter
  13. Ronald Reagan
  14. Leni Riefenstahl Over 80 at time of
 death
  15. King Sihanouk
  16. Suharto
  17. Jeremy Thorpe
  18. Simon Wiesenthal
  19. Boris Yeltsin
  20. Warren Zevon Joker!

 

Ed K
Finished 2nd in 2001, first to score this year, and displays solid knowledge of the celebs he picks…the bookies' choice.
  1. Princess Alice
  2. Michael Barrymore
  3. Raymond Baxter
  4. Ronnie Biggs Joker!
  5. HJL "Nap" Botterell Over 80 at time
 of death
  6. Ian Brady
  7. Major Ronald Ferguson
  8. Michael Foot
  9. Zsa Zsa Gabor
  10. Charlton Heston
  11. Alex Higgins
  12. Kirsty Howard
  13. Princess Juliana of the Netherlands
  14. Sir John Mills
  15. Maurice Papon
  16. Harry Patch
  17. Prince Rainier of Monaco
  18. Leni Riefenstahl Over 80 at time of
 death
  19. Yves St Laurent
  20. Eric Sykes

 

Ivor Clissolde
Started this year with only 19 picks due to inadvisable selection of former snooker player Cliff Wilson, who lost his last frame to the Grim Reaper way back in 1994.
  1. Idi Amin
  2. Sid Caesar
  3. Sir Arthur C Clarke
  4. Gretchen Franklin
  5. Hulk Hogan
  6. Delores Hope
  7. Holly Johnson
  8. Evel Knievel
  9. Nelson Mandela
  10. Marcel Marceau
  11. Patrick Moore
  12. Kerry Packer
  13. Oscar Petersen
  14. Vladimir Putin
  15. Eric Sykes Joker!
  16. Denis Thatcher Over 80 at time of
 death
  17. Strom Thurmond Over 80 at time of
 death
  18. Rose West
  19. Brian Wilde

 

Jesus Jones
Other than Big Iain himself, the only competitor to have taken part in DDP every year since the start. Has finished 2nd, 3rd & 4th - could this be the year for JJ to take top spot?
  1. George Best
  2. Ronnie Biggs
  3. Ian Brady
  4. Charlie Drake
  5. Major Ronald Ferguson
  6. Tom Finney
  7. Gretchen Franklin
  8. Edward Heath
  9. Thora Hird Over 80 at time of
 death
  10. Bob Hope Joker! Over 80 at time of death
  11. Pope John Paul II
  12. Bob Monkhouse
  13. Denis Norden
  14. Arnold Palmer
  15. Leslie Phillips
  16. Ronald Reagan
  17. Leni Riefenstahl Over 80 at time of
 death
  18. Denis Thatcher Over 80 at time of
 death
  19. Margaret Thatcher
  20. Richard Todd

 

JoeRam
Reigning DDP champion, and runner-up in 2001…he's the man to beat!
  1. Princess Alice
  2. Lloyd Bentsen
  3. Ronnie Biggs
  4. Gertrude Ederle Over 80 at time of
 death
  5. Joe Eszterhas
  6. Geraldine Ferraro
  7. Marie Fredriksson
  8. Zsa Zsa Gabor
  9. Gabriel Garcia Marquez
  10. Katharine Hepburn Over 80 at time of
 death
  11. Kamato Hongo Over 80 at time of
 death
  12. Lady Bird Johnson
  13. Princess Juliana of the Netherlands
  14. Corina Morariu
  15. Ryan O'Neal
  16. Sharon Osbourne
  17. Prince Rainier of Monaco
  18. Ronald Reagan
  19. Desmond Tutu
  20. Warren Zevon Joker!

 

Juicy Janny
A DDP regular since 1998, but has always languished in mid-table obscurity. It remains to be seen how this year's team, mainly comprised of entertainers and politicians, will fare.
  1. Max Bygraves
  2. Johnny Cash
  3. Les Dennis
  4. The Duke of Devonshire
  5. Ken Dodd
  6. Zsa Zsa Gabor Joker!
  7. Denis Healey
  8. Edward Heath
  9. Charlton Heston
  10. Thora Hird Over 80 at time of
 death
  11. Bob Hope Over 80 at time of
 death
  12. Michael Jackson
  13. Pope John Paul II
  14. Sir John Mills
  15. Bob Monkhouse
  16. Roger Moore
  17. Prince Rainier of Monaco
  18. Ronald Reagan
  19. Margaret Thatcher
  20. Jimmy Young

 

Lamby
A newcomer to the DDP, and has picked some youngish celebs who aren't obviously in ill health, but we could be wrong…
  1. Muhammad Ali
  2. Michael Barrymore Joker!
  3. George Best
  4. Les Dennis
  5. P Diddy
  6. Michael J Fox
  7. Larry Hagman
  8. Thora Hird Over 80 at time of
 death
  9. Dustin Hoffman
  10. Pope John Paul II
  11. Stephen King
  12. Nelson Mandela
  13. Diego Maradona
  14. Liza Minnelli
  15. Warren Mitchell
  16. Patrick Moore
  17. Cynthia Payne
  18. Ronald Reagan
  19. Keith Richards
  20. Denis Thatcher Over 80 at time of
 death

 

The Leather Helmet
Another late entrant, with a team weighted towards Arab terrorists and, at the opposite extreme, heavy drinkers.
  1. Yasser Arafat
  2. Michael Barrymore
  3. Raymond Baxter
  4. George Best
  5. Osama bin Laden
  6. Geoff Boycott
  7. Brian Clough
  8. Denis Healey
  9. Edward Heath
  10. Alex Higgins
  11. Thora Hird Over 80 at time of
 death
  12. Saddam Hussein
  13. Hamid Karzai
  14. Matthew Kelly Joker!
  15. Liza Minnelli
  16. Mullah Omar
  17. Keith Richards
  18. Denis Thatcher Over 80 at time of
 death
  19. Mike Tyson
  20. June Whitfield

 

Mr C
5th year in the DDP, and another competitor who leans towards very elderly celebs, but that ain't necessarily a bad thing!
  1. Eddie Albert
  2. Muhammad Ali
  3. Johnny Cash
  4. Madame Chiang Kai-shek Over 80 at
 time of death
  5. Buddy Ebsen Over 80 at time of
 death
  6. Katharine Hepburn Over 80 at time of
 death
  7. Bob Hope Over 80 at time of
 death
  8. Lady Bird Johnson
  9. Estee Lauder
  10. Jerry Lewis
  11. Sir John Mills
  12. Rosa Parks
  13. Augusto Pinochet Joker!
  14. Richard Pryor
  15. Ronald Reagan
  16. Max Schmeling
  17. Edward Teller Over 80 at time of
 death
  18. Strom Thurmond Over 80 at time of
 death
  19. Simon Wiesenthal
  20. Fay Wray

 

One Foot in The Grave
Despite being named after a British sitcom, this team is in fact US-based. Solid performances in the last 2 years.
  1. Judy Bell
  2. Osama bin Laden
  3. Madame Chiang Kai-shek Over 80 at
 time of death
  4. Yukichi Chuganji Over 80 at time of
 death
  5. Buddy Ebsen Over 80 at time of
 death
  6. King Fahd of Saudi Arabia
  7. Freddy Fender
  8. Marie Fredriksson
  9. Zsa Zsa Gabor
  10. Vaclav Havel
  11. Kamato Hongo Over 80 at time of
 death
  12. Bob Hope Joker! Over 80 at time of death
  13. Pope John Paul II
  14. Sharon Osbourne
  15. Norman Painting
  16. Ronald Reagan
  17. Suharto
  18. Strom Thurmond Over 80 at time of
 death
  19. Len Vale-Onslow
  20. Warren Zevon

 

Otis, You Want A Treat?
Undoubtedly the best team name in the competition, and has enjoyed some success in US deadpools.
  1. Lesley Ball
  2. Ronnie Biggs
  3. Menzies Campbell
  4. Paul Daisley
  5. Major Ronald Ferguson
  6. Marie Fredriksson
  7. Charles Haughey
  8. Lee Kreindler
  9. Sir Angus Ogilvy
  10. Norman Painting
  11. Wendy Richard
  12. John Schlesinger
  13. Barry Sheene
  14. Carol Shields
  15. Lee Starkey
  16. Bill Tarmey
  17. Lord Norman Tebbit
  18. Jeremy Thorpe
  19. Jane Tomlinson
  20. Warren Zevon Joker!

 

The Plymouth Jury
Having finished joint 12th last year, the Plymouth Jury has delivered a verdict of "doomed" on a varied range of celebs this year.
  1. Muhammad Ali
  2. Woody Allen
  3. Ronnie Biggs
  4. Tony Booth
  5. James Callaghan
  6. Jimmy Carter
  7. Fidel Castro
  8. Les Dennis
  9. Queen Elizabeth II
  10. Thora Hird Over 80 at time of
 death
  11. Bob Hope Over 80 at time of
 death
  12. Saddam Hussein
  13. Pope John Paul II
  14. Henry Kissinger
  15. Humphrey Lyttleton Joker!
  16. Nelson Mandela
  17. Robert Mugabe
  18. Sharon Osbourne
  19. Prince Philip
  20. Richard Wilson

 

The Raven
Bound to improve on his finishing position of 35th equal in DDP2002, if only because we haven't got that many teams this year.
  1. Jonathan Adams
  2. Emperor Akihito of Japan
  3. Yasser Arafat
  4. Art Carney Over 80 at time of
 death
  5. Sir Arthur C Clarke
  6. Paul Daisley
  7. Bulent Ecevit
  8. Vaclav Havel
  9. Bob Hope Over 80 at time of
 death
  10. Pope John Paul II
  11. Lady Bird Johnson
  12. Tom Laughlin
  13. Jerry Lewis
  14. Michael Moriarty
  15. Sharon Osbourne
  16. Augusto Pinochet
  17. Prince Rainier of Monaco
  18. Ronald Reagan
  19. Margaret Thatcher
  20. Warren Zevon Joker!

 

Reaper's Creepers
New (and late) entrant to DDP2003. Some unusual picks, but could surprise us all.
  1. Yasser Arafat
  2. Osama bin Laden
  3. George Bush (snr)
  4. Russell Crowe
  5. Les Dennis
  6. Queen Elizabeth II
  7. Bill Gates
  8. Charlton Heston
  9. Saddam Hussein
  10. Pope John Paul II
  11. Robert Mugabe
  12. Rupert Murdoch
  13. Prince Philip Joker!
  14. Augusto Pinochet
  15. Anita Roddick
  16. Michael Schumacher
  17. Ralf Schumacher
  18. Margaret Thatcher
  19. Boris Yeltsin
  20. Jimmy Young

 

Rude Kid
4th year in the DDP, and total lack of success (losing a couple of bets with other competitors along the way) hasn't prevented the Rude Kid from rashly volunteering to help run the show in '03.
  1. Muhammad Ali
  2. Sir Richard Attenborough
  3. Ian Brady
  4. James Brown
  5. James Callaghan
  6. Menzies Campbell
  7. Johnny Cash Joker!
  8. Jacques Delors
  9. Kirk Douglas
  10. Major Ronald Ferguson
  11. Zsa Zsa Gabor
  12. Sir John Mills
  13. Liza Minnelli
  14. Bob Monkhouse
  15. Rupert Murdoch
  16. Sir John Peel
  17. Leslie Phillips
  18. Prince Rainier of Monaco
  19. Strom Thurmond Over 80 at time of
 death
  20. Sir Norman Wisdom

 

Siegfried Baboon
Now co-organising the DDP and responsible for its website. 3rd year as a competitor.
  1. Emperor Akihito of Japan
  2. George Best
  3. Ronnie Biggs Joker!
  4. Joey Bishop
  5. Sid Caesar
  6. Sir Sean Connery
  7. Francis Crick
  8. Tony Curtis
  9. Monty Hall
  10. Vaclav Havel
  11. Bob Hope Over 80 at time of
 death
  12. Pope John Paul II
  13. Patrick Moore
  14. Rupert Murdoch
  15. Sharon Osbourne
  16. Ronald Reagan
  17. Leni Riefenstahl Over 80 at time of
 death
  18. Rod Stewart
  19. Sharon Stone
  20. Suharto

 

StuPerks
A respectable 4th place in 2001, but had a quiet year last year.
  1. Sir Arthur C Clarke
  2. Zsa Zsa Gabor
  3. Mikhail Gorbachev
  4. Rev Billy Graham
  5. Katharine Hepburn Over 80 at time of
 death
  6. Charlton Heston
  7. Howard Keel
  8. Henry Kissinger
  9. Angela Lansbury
  10. Karl Malden
  11. Ricardo Montalban
  12. Ron Moody
  13. Ronald Reagan
  14. Mickey Rooney
  15. Alexander Solzhenitsyn Joker!
  16. Eli Wallach
  17. Richard Widmark
  18. Fay Wray
  19. Jane Wyman
  20. Boris Yeltsin

 

Tim R
Despite 4 years in DDP, peaking with joint 4th place last year, not much is known about this competitor.
  1. Muhammad Ali
  2. Michael Barrymore
  3. George Best
  4. Geoff Boycott
  5. Marlon Brando
  6. Brian Clough
  7. King Fahd of Saudi Arabia Joker!
  8. Zsa Zsa Gabor
  9. Vaclav Havel
  10. Katharine Hepburn Over 80 at time of
 death
  11. Thora Hird Over 80 at time of
 death
  12. Kamato Hongo Over 80 at time of
 death
  13. Bob Hope Over 80 at time of
 death
  14. Pope John Paul II
  15. Ludovic Kennedy
  16. Jerry Lewis
  17. Augusto Pinochet
  18. Ronald Reagan
  19. Frank Thornton
  20. Boris Yeltsin

 

The Vyrdolak
Having shared 35th place with The Raven in last year's competition, the oddly-named Vyrdolak must be hoping for better things this time round .
  1. Theodore Bikel Joker!
  2. Ray Bradbury
  3. Archibald Cox
  4. Jack Elam Over 80 at time of
 death
  5. Rosey Grier
  6. Buddy Hackett
  7. Katharine Hepburn Over 80 at time of
 death
  8. Bob Hope Over 80 at time of
 death
  9. Bob Keeshan
  10. George Kennedy
  11. Deborah Kerr
  12. Richard Kiel
  13. Herbert Lom
  14. Karl Malden
  15. Eugene McCarthy
  16. Gregory Peck Over 80 at time of
 death
  17. Earl Scruggs
  18. Sargent Shriver
  19. Richard Widmark
  20. William Windom

 

Whittaker's Choice
Bizarrely, this is another team captained by a cat. Specialises in picking elderly celebs, and victory in DDP 2001 suggests this may not be such a bad plan, despite the "over 80" penalty rule.
  1. Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands
  2. Paul Daisley Joker!
  3. Bill Deedes
  4. Sir Edward Ford
  5. Sir Edmund Hillary
  6. Pope John Paul II
  7. Sir Bernard Lovell
  8. Hugh Montefiore
  9. Diana Mosley Over 80 at time of
 death
  10. Dame Kathleen Ollerenshaw
  11. The Abbe Pierre
  12. The Earl of Romney
  13. Dame Cicely Saunders
  14. Lord Shawcross
  15. Denis Thatcher Over 80 at time of
 death
  16. Chad Varah
  17. Sir Tasker Watkins
  18. The Duke of Wellington
  19. The Earl of Wemyss & March
  20. SN Wiltshire Over 80 at time of
 death

 

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