Geoff Capes, World’s Strongest Man and Champion Bird Breeder, Dies at 75 NYT | Top Stories Michael S. Rosenwald 7 November 2024 at 02:39 He pulled dump trucks, flipped cars and tossed five-pound bricks as if they were Kleenex boxes. Tending to parakeets brought out his gentler side. © PA Images/Alamy Stock PhotoGeoff Capes in 1983, when he established a world record in truck pulling by hauling a Mercedes-Benz tractor-trailer to the finish line in 54.3 seconds.