Picture No | 10502367 |
Date | 1931 |
Description | Eric Liddell |
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Eric Liddell (1902 - 1945), Scottish athlete, rugby union international and missionary, Olympic gold medal winner in the 400m at the 1924 Paris Olympic Games and subject of the Oscar-winning 1981 film, Chariots of Fire. Pictured during a visit back to England being greeted at an Albert Hall Congregational Meeting - he served as a missionary in China from 1928 to 1945.
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Source | Photograph in The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, 17 October 1931 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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