Boxer. His last fight (for the vacant super bantamweight title) was stopped in the tenth round, after he received a heavy left hook. He was checked by a doctor, but later collapsed at home. He slipped into a coma, and in spite of brain surgery to remove a blood clot, died two days later.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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Bradley Stone
Football manager. He founded Dulwich Hamlet Football Club, and was nicknamed 'Pa', because of his paternalistic attitude to his team players, and, we're only guessing, perhaps the players found "Lo...
Athletics club. Located at Croydon Sports Arena. Their website has a history page.
Rower. Â Born Buckinghamshire. Â Won Olympic gold: 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000 - this man can row! Â But what his connection is to Southwark or the South Bank, we can not discover.
Weightlifter. Born David Mark Berger in Cleveland, Ohio. He emigrated to Israel, and was chosen to represent the country in their 1972 Olympic team. He was one of eleven members of the Israeli team...
Person, Sport / Games, Tragedy, Germany, Israel/Palestine, USA
Football player and manager. Born Geoffrey Charles Hurst in the Lake Hospital, Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire. He played principally for West Ham United and England and went on to manage Telford Uni...
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