Track and field athlete. Coached by Scipio Africanus Mussabini. Olympic champion in 1924 in the 100 metres sprint, a feat depicted in the 1981 film Chariots of Fire.
Born in Bedford in 1899, son of a Jewish immigrant from Polish Lithuania. 1936 married D'Oyly Carte Opera Company singer Sybil Evers. During the Nazi regime and war, the couple fostered two Jewish refugees. Died Enfield.
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Harold Abrahams
Harold Abrahams, 1899 - 1978, Olympic athlete, lived here. English Heritage
Football club. Founded as Millwall Rovers, the club has retained its name despite having last played in the Millwall area in 1910. From then until 1993 the club played at The Den, (a now-demolished...
Rugby Union player. Born Buckinghamshire. Played for Harlequins and for England. Died just after his 21st birthday, in Lanzarote following a short illness.
Footballer. A serving soldier n WW2, he was taken prisoner and sent to a camp in Italy. He volunteered to be an engineer, but found himself being sent to Auschwitz concentration camp. Here he witne...
Officially, the Fourteenth Summer Paralympic Games. A major international multi-sport event for athletes with disabilities, governed by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) that took place ...
A boxing prize introduced by Hugh Lowther, 5th Earl of Lonsdale, to be awarded to British boxing champions. A boxer has successfully to defend his title twice before he can retain it. We have found...
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