#captain broon

[hauntingblue]

Zoro was about to tell luffy off for making a scene but luffy just says some guys spilled red bean soup and he starts to make a worse one. Amazing

[scotianostra]

The rugby player and commentator Gordon Lamont Brown was born on the 1st November 1947.

Known quite simply as Broon fae Troon, Brown was from a sporting family, his elder brother Peter also played for and captained the Scottish side. His father, John played goalkeeper for the Scottish football side and also appeared in the Scottish Open at Royal Troon alongside golfing greats such as Arnold Palmer. He is also the nephew of footballers Tom and Jim Brown.

Broon was a legendary Scotland second row and a fully-paid up component of the Mean Machine; a triple Lion and fierce competitor in the Battle of Boet Erasmus; a ruthless assassin on the pitch and a true gentleman off the field of play.

early interest was in the round rather than the oval ball. His conversion was reportedly the result of a particularly heated football tie, after which he reckoned ‘rugby would be safer’! He emerged on to the international stage in December 1969, from West of Scotland, having just turned 22.

After a winning debut against South Africa, he retained his place for the Five Nations opener against France. Dropped for the subsequent Wales match, he was replaced by brother Peter who revelled in breaking the news to Gordon. Peter was then injured in the match – and replaced at half-time by his younger sibling; the first occasion where a brother had replaced a brother in an international. When the Browns joined forces against England in 1970, it was the first time brothers had played together for Scotland since Angus and Donald Cameron in 1902.

Immovable in the scrum yet dynamic in the loose, Gordon went onto cement his place in Scotland’s front five of the early 1970s, the formidable Mean Machine that also featured Ian McLauchlan, Frank Laidlaw, Sandy Carmichael and Alastair McHarg. Between 1971 and 1976, Scotland lost just once at home, a narrow defeat to the All Blacks.

A giant of a man, both physically and figuratively, he formed a key partnership in the blue jersey with McHarg, winning 30 caps; in a Lions shirt, he was one of the world’s most ruthless competitors. Not only could he move but his outstanding handling skills resulted in eight tries on the Lions’ 1974 venture – including the brutal Battle of Boet Erasmus – a record for a forward. He played in eight Lions’ Tests between 1971 and 1977, playing a major part in the 1971 and 1974 victories. A string of injuries ended his career, but not before an infamous incident in a match between Glasgow and the North-Midlands, he was suspended for three months after getting into a fight with Allan Hardie, in which Brown chased Hardie, threw him to the ground and kicked him. Prior to this, Hardie had kneed Brown in the face and proceed to stamp on the open wound on Brown's brow after the initial attack went unnoticed by the referee. The suspension meant that he missed three internationals and was banned from training at any rugby club.

The hardest battle came two decades later, with the diagnosis of non- Hodgkin’s lymphoma. A battler to the end, he died in 2001, aged just 53.

[kenandeliza]

Captain Marvel! Localized?

after searching through my favorite website to read old captain marvel comics in high quality, I came across this interesting comic:

Captain Marvel Jr in French, I looked at the summary to see the information on this

Something interesting about this comic is that this series has no ties to the American counterpart, instead, it created its own story, no longer there is shazam and Dr Sivana. But instead, there's Dr Satano who gave this Freddy his powers

Sadly, there is no Billy Batson in this comics universe, Only Freddy Freman, who would later become Captain Marvel

This is a bit interesting, sadly I couldn't understand French and some translations from engines are a bit janky, so I'll leave the link to read the comic here:

[i-am-mr-k]

O Captain, My Captain!

💔

[artoounit]

IF BROON IS OUT CRYSTAL GETS TO BE CAPTAIN I MAKE THE RULES

[burst-of-air]

Love that Broon gave Ertz the captain’s armband ❤️

[rookieforlife]

Sam Mewis

[that-soccer-guru]

Can you give an analysis of Broons skills as a defender?

Dude, I worship Becky Sauerbrunn on a daily and that is NO exaggeration

Becky has an incredible IQ for the game. She is very well aware of her space and her timing when it comes to tackles and defensive plays. She's not afraid to get physical when she has to, but she's very smart about how and when to cut off plays while preventing fouls. Her passing skills under pressure are also very good, unfortunately I don't have recent numbers for her but her dribble and passing accuracy is AMAZING.

As the centerpiece of a defense, she's really good at being aware of her teammates. Her main asset as a player is as a sweeper, she's usually the last player before the goalkeeper, and has developed an eye for giving instructions to the backline when necessary. Before she was captain of the team she's been the captain of the backline and that's undisputed. There's always a defender you defer to and that, without a doubt, is Broon for her teammates. If you get a chance to check the defense when they're trying to counter set pieces look out for Becky, bc she's usually giving instructions if need be. We used to call it the megaphone defender, who'd be screaming about the offside line and calling mark-less jerseys (aka players without a mark on them), and Broon is of course a little less scream and a lot more tactical but the principle is the same. She has an eye on her mark and an eye on the lone players from the opposite team, and that makes her great.

Overall she's an amazing defender and her skill and leadership experience is unparalleled.

AND IF I HAVENT MADE IT CLEAR YET, I LOVE THAT SHE GOT HER ARMBAND BACK, SHE DESERVES IT LIKE NO OTHER!

[greywindsports]

This is your Captain speaking - July 17, 2021

[zpk27]

[scotianostra]

On November 1st 1947 Gordon Brown was born.

Naw no the erse, that was PM- the ither yin, Gordon Broon frae Troon the Scottish Rugby legend also known as the baby-faced assassin.

Brown was born in 1947 in Troon, the son of former Clyde and Scotland goalkeeper Jock Brown, he had also been a golfer playing off a scratch handicap, he had appeared in the Scottish Open at Royal Troon alongside golfing greats such as Arnold Palmer. Gordon's big brother Peter also played for and Captained Scotland to 3 victories over England scoring 67 international points making him our all time highest scoring rugby forward.

Despite his fearsome build, 6ft 5ins and 16 stone, Brown was a genial and gentle giant, liked by team-mates and opponents in equal measure.

After a career which spanned 30 international caps and three tours with the Lions in the 1970s, Brown holds the world record of eight tries scored by a forward on an international tour.

I love reading the anecdotes from people like Gordon Broon, and it would have been great to attend one of his after dinner speeches.

A gentleman away from the pitch, he was never afraid of a ruck on it, here is an account of a lions tour to South Africa. One of those with whom Gordon Brown fought on the pitch in South Africa was Johan De Bruyn, a fearsome forward from Northern Transvaal with a glass eye which, with the encouragement of the's" fist, flew from its socket and sank in the mud during a third Test melee. "So there we are," recalled Gordon, "30 players plus the ref on our hands and knees scrabbling about in the mire looking for this glass eye. Eventually, someone yells `Eureka!' whereupon De Bruyn grabs it and plonks it straight back in the gaping hole in his face. And when he stands up I can't believe what I'm looking at. . . there's a huge dod of grass sticking out of his eyeball."

Gordon died from non-Hodgkin lymphoma aged 53 in 2001, he fought a long fight against the cancer but reading through the stories, he never gave up and never lost his sense of humour.

As proud a Scot you it is hard to find, one of his last requests, which was obeyed to a man at his funeral was not to wear black but kilts or the red and yellow ties of West of Scotland rugby club. He had planned to record his own eulogy, but died before the recording was made.

Instead, mourners were asked to stand and give the player "one last standing ovation" which lasted several minutes.

His white coffin, decked out in red and yellow flowers mingled with thistles was led out of the church to the sound of a bagpiper playing Flower of Scotland, accompanied by the voices of the congregation.

Indeed, "When will we see yer likes again....."

[whiskeyandsoccer]

It's what she deserves!

[uswnt-chaotic-energy]

Becky Sauerbrunn is an Avenger.

Just try to change my mind.

Maybe she should try harder to blend in...

[mercgeorge63]

Captain Broon 🥰

[burst-of-air]

BECKY SAUERBRUNN WITH HER 200TH CAP

WE LOVE YOU CAPTAIN BROON

[rookieforlife]

Oh, to be led by Rebecca Elizabeth Sauerbrunn...

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