Heaviest goalkeeper (Football)

According to Official Guinness Records,

Heaviest goalkeeper
The biggest goalkeeper in representative football was the England international Willie Henry `Fatty' Foulke (1874-1916), who stood 1.90m 6ft 3in and weighed 141kg 22st 3lb. His last games were for Bradford City, by which time he was 165kg 26st. He once stopped a game by snapping the cross bar. William Foulke was nicknamed both "Fatty" and "Colossus" he played for Sheffield United, Chelsea and Bradford City. The goalkeeper played in three FA Cup Finals in 1899, 1901 and 1902. Like many sportsmen of the time he was also a keen cricketer and represented Derbyshire in four first-class matches in 1900 scoring one half-century.

For a complete list of 1907 records, please visit 1907 Guinness Records in United Kingdom.

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