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3 unusual facts about Doping in sport


Dennis Westcott

In 1946, Westcott became one of the first football platers to be injected with slices of monkey testicle, a bizarre doping programme instigated by manager Major Frank Buckley.

Jamie Stuart

In 1997, Stuart was sacked by Charlton and served a six-month ban from football for failing a doping test.

Jean-Pierre Élissalde

While he indicated that doping was widespread during that era, he noted that in his experience as a player and coach, doping was exclusively an individual affair and not conducted on a team level.



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