Holocaust survivor and British Olympian (1956 and 1960) who knew the murdered Israeli athletes.
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Ben Helfgott
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Munich Olympics 40 years
The Hackney Gazette give the unveiling date as 25th but we believe Boris John...
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Comte Jacques Jean Marie Rogge
He was born on 2 May 1942 in Ghent, Belgium. Elected President of the International Olympic Committee in 2001 and served until 2013 when he was made the IOC's Honorary President, a lifetime positio...
1 memorial
Sir Henry Segrave
World speed record holder. Born Maryland, USA. His American mother died when he was 2. His father was Irish and he was brought up in Britain. Took the land record in 1929. Then at Lake Windermere, ...
1 memorial
Croydon Harriers
Athletics club. Located at Croydon Sports Arena. Their website has a history page.
1 memorial
Gordon Pirie
Athlete. Born Douglas Alastair Gordon Pirie at 123 Beckett Street, Leeds. BBC sports personality of the year in 1955, when he out-ran the triple gold medallist Emil Zatopek. He broke five world rec...
1 memorial
Arsenal Football Club
Founded by munitions workers in Woolwich, under the name 'Dial Square'. This was the name of the Royal Arsenal complex where they worked, and also explains the team's nickname of 'The Gunners'. The...
9 memorials
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