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| Picture No | 10639169 |
| Date | 1924 |
| Description | Eric Liddell celebrating his Olympic win at Edinburgh Univer |
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Eric Liddell, the 400m gold medallist at the 1924 Paris Olympic Games, crowned and 'chaired' at Edinburgh University where he had studied science. Wearing a wreath of olive leaves, he is carried by fellow graduates on a chair to St. Giles Cathedral where the graduation service was held. Answering the demand for a speech, Mr Liddell said, 'Over the entrance to the University of Pennsylvania there are these words: 'In the dust of defeat as well as in the laurel of victory there is glory to be found if one has done his best.'' Eric Liddell (1902 - 1945), was a 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.
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| Source | Photograph on the front cover of the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, 26 July 1924 |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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