Lewis Capes Lewis Capes Lewis Leonard Capes (born 26 May 1971) is a former British shot put athlete and professional American football player. Capes stood and weighed at his peak condition. Lewis Capes is the son of the former British shot putter and two-time World's Strongest Man winner Geoff Capes. He was born in Peterborough and brought up in Spalding, Lincolnshire, attending Millfield School. He became a member of Millfield's athletic, rugby and water polo squads where he was coached by Rod Speed. After leaving school, he flew to the United States and attended Santa Monica College (1989–1991), representing the athletic squad
Geoff Capes Vader in several scenes during filming of "The Empire Strikes Back" while Prowse recovered from an elbow injury. During an interview on BBC Radio Cleveland on 31 January 2007, Capes was asked about this and he stated that it never happened. Another story, told on YouTube by former wrestler Mark Rocco, is that Big Daddy picked him up and threw him to the ground after Capes challenged him to 'wrestle' on a training ground. Later, he appeared on the fourth series of "Shooting Stars", alongside Patsy Kensit, where he threw a bomb at Johnny Vegas and in 2007 he became