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George Albert Scorey (30 December 1882 – 14 April 1965) was an English soldier and later policeman. He is best known as the rider of the white horse at the 1923 FA Cup Final, played between Bolton Wanderers and West Ham United on 28 April 1923, the first FA Cup final to be played at the original Wembley Stadium, which became known as the "White Horse Final".
William March (February 4, 1937 – October 9, 2022) was an American weightlifter. He competed in the men's middle heavyweight event at the 1964 Summer Olympics. [1]
A traditional silhouette portrait of the late 18th century. A silhouette (English: / ˌ s ɪ l u ˈ ɛ t /, [1] French:) is the image of a person, animal, object or scene represented as a solid shape of a single colour, usually black, with its edges matching the outline of the subject. The interior of a silhouette is featureless, and the ...
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Alfred Baxter (5 June 1898 – 8 January 1983) was a British weightlifter. [1] He competed at the 1924 and 1928 Summer Olympics in the featherweight category (under 60 kg) and his overall standing was 7th and 18th, respectively.
In his early life Big Jim Williams became involved in criminal activity and in 1961 was sentenced to ten years in prison for assault, battery and strong-arm robbery. It was there in captivity when Williams took up lifting weights seriously. When he was released, he was a success in the powerlifting world, along with his training partner John ...
Martinez's lifting career in Olympic weightlifting lasted for over 23 years. Throughout his career, he earned himself 10 national championships, 3 Olympics including a silver medal and a 4th-place finish, 3 Pan Am medals, on top of being the first American to snatch over 400 lb and clean & jerk over 500 lb in competition.
John Henry Davis (January 12, 1921 – July 13, 1984) [1] was an American heavyweight weightlifter.Between 1938 and 1953 he was undefeated, [2] winning two Olympic, six world and 12 national titles, and set 16 ratified world records: seven in the snatch, four in the clean and jerk, two in the press and three in the total.