DDP 1997 - Derby Dead Pool

^{There were so few hits in the early days, the organisers had the time}
^{to write up extensive obituaries of the likes of Mother Teresa.}

1997 was pretty much a re-run of 1996, with Nick J again emerging triumphant. His record of 9 hits would not be broken for 8 years…

DDP 1997 – Teams: 20 Hits: 15

Pos	Team	Hits	Points
1	Nick J	9	43
2	Hoppo	6	28
3	Steve L	4	19
4	Richard H	4	16
5	Nigel & Nina	3	13
6	Big-Iain	3	12
7	Jesus Jones	2	9
=8	Hazey	1	4
=8	Martin P	1	4
=8	Jayne S	1	4
=8	Simon R	1	4
=8	Liz P	1	4
=8	WA Lowther	1	4
=8	Janet J	1	4
=8	Tim J	1	4
=8	Mad Mo	1	4
=8	Smiley	1	4
=18	Phil H	0	0
=18	Mick W	0	0
=18	Wally	0	0

Dates of Death	Celebrity	Picture
12th January 1997	Jill Summers _Corrie_actress
10th February 1997	Brian Connolly _{Ballroom Blitzed}
19th February 1997	Deng Xiaoping _{Chinese big wig}
21st March 1997	Reverend W. Awdry _Tanked
5th April 1997	Allen Ginsberg _{Howling Beat poet}
29th April 1997	Peter Taylor, Baron Taylor of Gosforth _{Lord Chief Justice of England}
3rd May 1997	Hughie Green _{I mean that most sincerely…}
25th June 1997	Charlie Chester _Comedian
2nd July 1997	James Stewart _{H-H-Hollywood legend}
2nd August 1997	William S Burroughs _{Beat who somehow made 83}
4th August 1997	Jeanne Calment _{Gerontology royalty}
5th September 1997	Mother Teresa of Calcutta _{No-longer-living saint}
7th September 1997	Mobutu Sese Seko _{Zairian dictator}
17th September 1997	Brian Hall _{Fawlty Towers}_chef
22nd September 1997	George Thomas, 1st Viscount Tonypandy _{Former Speaker of the House of Commons}

To look at the team names, they read more like an invite to a wedding than a dead pool! As the DDP grows, rather more imaginative team names would be coined.

Random fact as noted here: Diana, Princess of Wales is the earliest known “miss” in the competition’s history, as she was chosen the previous year but not in 1997!

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