Better known as Daley Thompson, he was a decathlete. Â Born Notting Hill or Worcester Park (sources differ). Olympic gold in 1980 and 1984. Â Not sure what the South Bank/Southwark connection might b...
Geoff Thompson MBE DL FRSA is a British karate fighter. He is the winner of multiple European Karate Championships and World Karate Championships medals. Thompson was appointed Member of the Order ...
Professional boxer from Canning Town who worked in the Royal Docks.
From Tony Jauncey: "Tonbridge club in Judd Street was founded after WW2 by a local vicar for the boys of King's Cross and surrounding area, to get them off the street and channel their energy into ...
Football club founded under the name of Hotspur F.C. and usually referred to as 'Spurs'. Its home ground is White Hart Lane and it has won the F.A. cup eight times.
Athlete, headmaster and politician. Born Henry Stewart Townend. In his youth he participated in athletics, and was a schoolboy hockey international. Retired from the army, as Lieutenant-Colonel, ...
Person, Armed Forces, Education, Politics & Administration, Sport / Games, Switzerland
A player at the London Welsh Rugby Football Club who was killed in WW1.
Footballer and army officer. Born Walter Daniel John Tull at 57 Walton Road, Folkestone. He served an apprenticeship as a printer, but turned to football as a career. He signed for Tottenham Hotspu...
For many years he took a prominent part in the work of the British Medical Association having been chairman of the representative body from 1915-1918 and a member of the Council from 1912-1931. He ...
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