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Harold Sakata

by Scott Bird | January 2, 2007
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Oddjob Via Physical Strategies : although you probably remember him as Oddjob (Goldfinger’s golf caddy and servant with a steel-rimmed bowler hat), Harold Sakata was an Olympic weightlifter and professional wrestler. This biography has the story of a very interesting guy.

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