Boxer Born Pimlico. Worked as a bricklayer building King's Cross Station. Became the first "world champion" boxer. Defeated only once, in a fight that lasted 61 rounds. His 1860 fight with the American John Heenan lasted 37 rounds at the end of which his arm was found to be broken. The fight was declared a draw.
Died at the home of a friend in Camden High Street. His burial at Highgate Cemetery is said to have been attended by ten thousand people, and his dog Lion, whose statue appears on the grave.
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The Round Table
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James Hunt
Racing driver. Born James Simon Wallis Hunt in Belmont, Surrey. Known for his daring on the race track, he was nicknamed 'Hunt the Shunt' (Shunt being a racing term for a crash). He won the Formula...
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Chris Finnegan
Boxer. Born at 2 St Laurence Close, Cowley, Middlesex. In 1966 he became Amateur Boxing Association middleweight champion. Won gold in the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico. In 1971 and again in 1975 he...
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Fulham Football Club
Football club. Formed as Fulham St Andrew's Church Sunday School F.C. by worshippers in the church at Star Road, West Kensington. The club which plays at Craven Cottage in Fulham has spent twenty-f...
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Francis Morgan Ayodélé Thompson, CBE
Better known as Daley Thompson, he was a decathlete. Born Notting Hill or Worcester Park (sources differ). Olympic gold in 1980 and 1984. Not sure what the South Bank/Southwark connection might b...
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Engineer Captain Charles Gerald Taylor, MVO.
A player at the London Welsh Rugby Football Club who was killed in WW1. A Wrexham paper has an article about Taylor: "Taylor was the first of 13 capped Wales players to lose their lives in the con...
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St James's
In the 1660s Henry Jermyn was given the right by Charles II to develop an area carved out of the royal parks. One of the few areas in London that is clearly defined geographically, it is bounded by...
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Rotten Row
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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World Cup
International football competition, founded by the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA). Apart from 1942 and 1946, it has been held every four years since its inception. Origina...
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