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
A player at the London Welsh Rugby Football Club who was killed in WW1.
Cricketer and tennis player. He was the winner of the first Wimbledon tennis tournament in 1877, and played cricket for Surrey County Cricket Club. Father of the artist Spencer Frederick Gore.
London's first public park. Known locally as Vicky Park or the People's Park, it was laid out by Sir James Pennethorne. It became a welcome relief from the cramped living conditions of the East End...
Athlete, politician and broadcaster. Born in Chelsea. He was one of the pacemakers when Roger Bannister ran the mile in under four minutes, and was the first BBC Sports Personality of the Year in 1...
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Sir Lawrence Wensley Chubb was an Anglo-Australian professional Secretary whose work was on environmentalist causes. Born in Australia, he migrated to England and in 1891 was working as an auction...
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