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1920 AAA Championships
The 1920 AAA Championships was the 1920 edition of the annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association (AAA). It was held from 2–3 July 1920 at Stamford Bridge in London, England. The attendance was between 15,000 and 20,000 and the championships received a record entry of athletes. The Championships consisted of 22 events and covered two days of competition. Two additional events in the form of the 56lb weight throw and tug of war Tug of war (also known as tug o' war, tug war, rope war, rope pulling, or tugging war) is a sport in which two teams compete by pulling on opposite ends of a rope, with the goal of bringing the rope a certain distance in one direction against ... were held during the 1920 championships. Results References {{British championships in athletics AAA Championships Athletics Outdoor International sports competitions in London Sport in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham July 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stamford Bridge (stadium)
Stamford Bridge () is a football stadium in Fulham, in the Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, in South West London. It is the home of Premier League club Chelsea. With a capacity of 40,173, it is the ninth largest venue of the 2024–25 Premier League season and the eleventh largest football stadium in England. Opened in 1877, the stadium was used by London Athletic Club until 1905, when new owner Gus Mears founded Chelsea Football Club to occupy the ground; Chelsea have played their home games there ever since. It has undergone major changes over the years, most recently in the 1990s when it was renovated into a modern, all-seater stadium. Stamford Bridge has hosted Charity Shield games. It has also hosted numerous other sports, such as cricket, rugby union, rugby league, speedway, greyhound racing, baseball and American football. The stadium's highest official attendance is 82,905, for a league match between Chelsea and Arsenal on 12 October 1935. History Early histo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cecil Griffiths
Cecil Redvers Griffiths (18 February 1900 – 11 April 1945) was a Wales, Welsh Athletics (sport), athlete who won a gold medal at the 1920 Summer Olympics. He was subsequently barred from competing at the 1924 Summer Olympics due to a ruling that he had competed as a professional during his early career, but continued to successfully race in domestic competitions. Biography Early life Griffiths' father, Benjamin, was a former able-bodied seaman born in a workhouse who settled in Neath upon leaving the Royal Navy. He was a successful local businessman, town councillor and committee member of Neath RFC. He married Sarah Trick in 1892. Griffiths was Benjamin and Sarah's fifth child of six, but only older siblings Ben and Eva survived beyond infancy. Their father died when Griffiths was eight. Griffiths showed promise as a winger for Neath RFC but did not progress beyond the junior sides due to the outbreak of the First World War. Upon leaving school, Griffiths began work at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Clibbon
Charles Thomas Clibbon (3 February 1895 – 4 April 1975) was an English long-distance runner, who competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics, 1920 and 1924 Summer Olympics. Career Clibbon became the List of British champions in 10 miles, National 10 mile champion after winning the AAA Championships title at the 1920 AAA Championships. The following month he competed at the 1920 Olympic Games in Antwerp, Belgium, where failed to finish his 10,000 metres final race. In 1920, Clibbon also finished fourth at the 1920 International Cross Country Championships, winning a gold medal with the English team. Clibbon finished second behind Halland Britton in the 10 miles event at the 1922 AAA Championships. Two years later at the 1924 Olympic Games he placed sixth in the 5000 metres and 14th in the 10,000 metres. References 1895 births 1975 deaths People from Ware, Hertfordshire English male long-distance runners British male long-distance runners Olympic athletes for Great Bri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of British Champions In 10 Miles
The British 10 miles athletics champions covers the AAA Championships from 1880-1972. The event was discontinued after 1972. Where an international athlete won the AAA Championships the highest ranking UK athlete is considered the National Champion in this list. Past winners DISCONTINUED References {{Reflist 10 miles metres British British may refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies. * British national identity, the characteristics of British people and culture ... British Athletics Championships ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaston Heuet
Gaston Heuet (11 November 1892 – 18 January 1979) was a French long-distance runner, who comepted at the Olympic Games. Career Heuet finished third behind Joe Blewitt in the 4 miles event at the British 1920 AAA Championships. Heuet won a bronze medal at the 1924 Paris Olympics in the cross country team event, together with Henri Lauvaux and Maurice Norland. He won another cross-country bronze medal at the 1919 Inter-Allied Games The Inter-Allied Games was a one-off multi-sport event held from 22 June to 6 July 1919 at the newly constructed Pershing Stadium just outside Paris, France following the end of World War I. The host stadium had been built near the Bois de Vi .... References External links * 1892 births 1979 deaths Athletes from Buenos Aires French male long-distance runners Olympic bronze medalists for France Athletes (track and field) at the 1912 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1920 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evelyn Montague
Evelyn Aubrey Montague (20 March 1900 – 30 January 1948) was an English athlete and journalist. He ran in the 1924 Paris Olympics, placing sixth in the steeplechase race. Montague is portrayed in the 1981 film ''Chariots of Fire'', where he is portrayed by Nicholas Farrell. Contrary to the film, he attended Oxford, not Cambridge, and went by the name Evelyn (''EEV-lin'') rather than Aubrey. Early life and family Evelyn Montague was born in 1900 in Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Lancashire. He was the son of journalist and novelist C. E. Montague and Madeline Scott, and the grandson of C. P. Scott, the long-time editor of the ''Manchester Guardian''. Montague married in 1932. He and his wife Norah had one child, a son named Andy. She died in 1943. Athletic and journalism careers A runner from youth, in 1918 Montague won the mile and the steeplechase at the London AC Schools meeting. Beginning in 1919, he attended Oxford University at Magdalen College, where he studied journalism. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Blewitt
Charles Edward Blewitt (1 November 1895 – 30 May 1954), also known as Joe Blewitt was a British runner, who competed for Great Britain at the 1920 Summer Olympics and 1928 Summer Olympics. Career Blewitt won Midland Championships over distances ranging from 880 yd to 10 miles. He was English national and international champion in cross-country running. Blewitt became the National 10 miles champion after winning the AAA Championships title at the 1919 AAA Championships. Blewitt became the National 4 mile champion after winning the AAA Championships title at the 1920 AAA Championships. The following month at the 1920 Olympic Games held in Antwerp, Belgium, he finished fifth in the 3000 metres and 5000 metres, earning a silver medal in the 3000 metres team event. Blewitt was British 4 mile champion for 1922, 1923 and 1925, although the 1923 event was by virtue of being the best placed British athlete after finishing behind the legendary Finn Paavo Nurmi. Shortly after he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of British Champions In 5000 Metres
The British 5,000 metres athletics champions covers four competitions; the current British Athletics Championships which was founded in 2007, the preceding AAA Championships (1880-2006), the Amateur Athletic Club Championships (1866-1879) and finally the UK Athletics Championships which existed from 1977 until 1997 and ran concurrently with the AAA Championships. The distance was originally 4 miles but in 1932 switched to 3 miles. Where an international athlete won the AAA Championships the highest ranking UK athlete is considered the National Champion in this list. Past winners * nc = not contested References {{Reflist 5,000 metres British British may refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies. * British national identity, the characteristics of British people and culture ... British Athletics Championships ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilfrid Tatham
Wilfrid George Tatham (12 December 1898 – 26 July 1978) was a British hurdler, who competed at the 1924 Summer Olympics. Biography Tatham, educated at Eton College and King's College, Cambridge, finished third behind Frenchman Armand Burtin in the 1 mile event at the 1920 AAA Championships. Tatham became the national 440 yards hurdles champion after winning the British AAA Championships title at the 1924 AAA Championships. At the 1924 Olympic Games, Tatham competed in the men's 400 metres hurdles. Tatham was fourth in the 440 yard hurdles at the 1930 British Empire Games. He was a schoolmaster at Eton College at the time of the 1930 Games. Tatham received the Military Cross as a member of the Coldstream Guards. He was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire. Archives A collection of archival material related to Wilfrid Tatham can be found at the Cadbury Research Library, University of Birmingham The University of Birmingham (informally Birmingh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duncan McPhee
Duncan McPhee (17 October 1892 – 22 September 1950) was a British and Scottish middle-distance runner who competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics. Career McPhee won the Scottish mile championship, when a member of the Clydesdale Harriers before World War I. McPhee finished third behind George Hutson in the 1 mile event at the 1914 AAA Championships. After the war, McPhee had left the Clydesdale Harriers for the West of Scotland Harriers and finished second behind Frenchman Armand Burtin in the 1 mile event at the 1920 AAA Championships. The following month at the 1920 Olympic Games held in Antwerp, Belgium, McPhee was selected by Scotland, where he competed in the men's 1500 metres. McPhee finally became the national 1 mile champion after winning the British AAA Championships title at the 1922 AAA Championships The 1922 AAA Championships was the 1922 edition of the annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association (AAA). I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armand Burtin
Armand Burtin (3 November 1896 – 13 August 1972) was a French middle-distance runner, who competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics and 1924 Summer Olympics. Career Burtin won the British AAA Championships The AAA Championships was an annual track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association of England. It was the foremost domestic athletics event in the United Kingdom during its lifetime, despite the existence of the offi ... title in the 1 mile event at the British 1920 AAA Championships. The following month at the 1920 Olympic Games held in Antwerp, Belgium, he represented France in the 1500 metres event, but failed to reach the final. He did better in the 3000 metres, finishing fourth. At the 1924 Olympic Games, Burtin finished eleventh in the individual 3,000 metres event and fourth with the French team. References External links * 1896 births 1972 deaths French male middle-distance runners Olympic athletes for France Athletes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of British Champions In 1500 Metres ...
The British 1,500 metres athletics champions covers four competitions; the current British Athletics Championships which was founded in 2007, the preceding AAA Championships (1880-2006), the Amateur Athletic Club Championships (1866-1879) and finally the UK Athletics Championships which existed from 1977 until 1997 and ran concurrently with the AAA Championships. The AAA Championships were open to international athletes but were not considered the National Champion in this list if they won the relevant Championship. Past winners nc = not contested References {{Reflist 800 metres British British may refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies. * British national identity, the characteristics of British people and culture ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
