article_snippet: ft - it's quite a difference. '
article_snippet: But the real struggle is making sure it's tough enough as the real struggle was quite a heavy chap too. '
article_snippet: Surgeons removed a tumour when Surgeons was already in the record books for being The Elephant Man and Surgeons would have continued to grow if Surgeons had not.
article_snippet: Surgeons played basketball internationally for Great Britain in the late 60s and early 70s and played the circus giant in David Lynch's film The Elephant Man.
article_snippet: Christopher Greener said: 'Chris, as my wife would say was a gentle giant.
article_snippet: Mr Fingleton, from Durham, also played basketball and is now an actor, having recently starred alongside Mila Kunis in Jupiter Ascending.
highlights_snippet: Friends said former record holder and basketball player was a 'gentle giant' 