Wrestling coach. Also known as Moshe Weinberg. Israeli youth champion in wrestling, and also the adult champion for eight years. At the Summer Olympics in Munich, he was murdered by Palestinian terrorists along with ten other team members.
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Moshe Weinberger
The Hackney Gazette give the unveiling date as 25th but we believe Boris John...
Wrestler. Born in Riga, Latvia. He was a mechanic and was a lightweight wrestler for eleven years. He came to Israel in 1969, and was selected for the country's team for the 1972 Olympic Games in M...
Person, Sport / Games, Tragedy, Germany, Israel/Palestine, Latvia
Cricketer. Born Robert Abel at 18 Commercial Street, Rotherhithe. He was the first England player to "carry his bat", i.e. opening the batting and remaining not out at the end of an innings, and th...
A carrier of the 2012 Paralympic Flame. At that time he was the Inclusion Manager at Hackney Learning Trust, where he created the Hackney School Sports Championships, the largest inclusive sports c...
Football player and manager. Born Geoffrey Charles Hurst in the Lake Hospital, Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire. He played principally for West Ham United and England and went on to manage Telford Uni...
Riding track, 1384 metres long. The name is possibly derived from 'route de roi' (the king's road) as it was established by King William III, forming part of his carriage drive from Whitehall to Ke...
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