C.B. Fry: King of Sport
Fry, Charles Burgess, Wilton, Iain
Charles Burgess Fry, known as C.B. Fry was an English polymath; an outstanding sportsman, politician, diplomat, academic, teacher, writer, editor and publisher, who is best remembered for his career as a cricketer. Fry's achievements on the sporting field included representing England at both cricket and football, an F.A. Cup Final appearance for Southampton F.C. and equalling the then world record for the long jump. But he was much more than a sportsman. He won a major scholarship to Oxford, where his friends numbered Max Beerbohm, Hilaire Belloc, and F.E. Smith. He wrote several books, incl.
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Jahr:
2012
Verlag:
Metro;John Blake Publishing
Sprache:
english
Seiten:
894
ISBN 10:
184358686X
ISBN 13:
9781843586869
Datei:
EPUB, 788 KB
IPFS:
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english, 2012