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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Tom Sayers
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The Round Table
Round Table The neighbourhood of St. Martins Lane was, in the middle of the ...
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Tony Adams
Footballer. Played for Arsenal F.C and the England team, and captained them both. He went on to manage several teams, both in Britain and abroad.
1 memorial
Rugby Football Union
Created when delegates from 22 clubs met at the Pall Mall Restaurant and rules were drawn up based on those of Rugby School.
1 memorial
First match of association football
The first official game played to Football Association rules took place in Battersea Park. It was played between teams selected by the President (Arthur Pember) and the Secretary (Ebenezer Cobb Mor...
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Hugh Cecil Lowther, fifth Earl of Lonsdale
Sportsman and profligate bon vivant, a life-style enabled through his vast inherited wealth. President of the National Sporting Club. Initiated the boxing prize, the Lonsdale Belt. Founder and firs...
1 memorial
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Robert Wedderburn
Wikipedia tells the sorry story of this man. Born to a West African slave woman in Jamaica, his father, James Wedderburn, being a Scottish doctor and plantation owner, who had children by several ...
1 memorial
John Hunter bust - Tooting
SW17, St George's Hospital, Hunter Wing
This is a far better sculpture than our photo shows. Two versions of this bust exist at St George's: this one and one outside, on an arch...
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