David Kirke
Organization founder
1946 –
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Who is David Kirke?
David Kirke is a founding member of the Dangerous Sports Club and was the first man to perform the modern bungee jump in 1979.
He studied at Wellington College and Corpus Christi College, Oxford where he studied English and philosophy. After a brief spell as a publisher in London, he returned to Oxford in the late 1960s and founded the Dangerous Sports Club with Edward Hulton.
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- Born
- 1946
- Education
- Corpus Christi College, Oxford
- Wellington College, Berkshire
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on July 23, 2013
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