Early Life
Reeves was born in 1962 in Sheffield, Yorkshire. He grew up in the city and went to the City School. At school he had been a swimmer at county level, a centre-forward for his football team and had also played as Number 8 in the rugby union side that won the under-15 Yorkshire Cup. He went on to become a colliery blacksmith's welder before his success as a strongman led him to give up that profession.
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