Born on July 8th, 1837 at Balnacraig, near Aboyne in Aberdeenshire, Donald Dinnie was a legendary Scottish athlete on the Highland Games and Sports fields. Best known for lifting and walking unaided with the mighty "Dinnie Stones" at Potarch - a feat never equalled - he went on to win over 11,000 prizes and around (26,000 in prize money during his lifetime. Dinnie's prowess was demonstrated in many events for which he won medals; putting the shot, tossing the caber, weight training, lifting and wrestling. Dinnie turned professional at the age of 30 and found America, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa, taking part in Highland Games and exhibition meetings. He adored attention and the celebrity status his impressive physical strength had brought him and was always photographed wearing a leather jerkin awash with his prize medals. The career of the great showman was not only successful but also lengthy as he was still winning prizes in 1910 at the age of 76, six years before he died in 1916.