"no contact with his parents and his elder sister, Ruth (b. 24 June 1924, d. 18 January 2010), until his release in 1945. While in this POW camp, Metcalf made a Christian commitment. In September 1943 the Temple Hill civilian internment camp was closed and the internees moved to another camp at Weihsien (Weifang), Shandong Province. At Weihsien, Metcalf was befriended by Eric Liddell, the Olympic medallist, and greatly influenced by Liddell’s attitude to the Japanese to pray for his captors. Just prior to his death Liddell gave Metcalf, a keen runner, his running shoes. Metcalf was a coffin bearer"
"He returned to China in 1925 to serve as a missionary teacher. Aside from two furloughs in Scotland, he remained in China until his death in a Japanese civilian internment camp in 1945. Liddell's Olympic training and racing, and the religious convictions that influenced him, are depicted in the Oscar-winning 1981 film ""Chariots of Fire"", in which he is portrayed by fellow Scot Ian Charleson. Eric Liddell, often called the ""Flying Scotsman"" after the record breaking locomotive, was born 16 January 1902, in Tientsin, China, the second son of the Reverend and Mrs. James Dunlop Liddell, Scottish missionaries with the"
"prefer to dedicate this to Eric Liddell"". Eric Liddell was the most popular athlete Scotland has ever produced, according to the public voting for the first inductees for the Scottish Sports Hall of Fame in 2002. Liddell was buried in the garden behind the Japanese officers' quarters, his grave marked by a small wooden cross. The site was forgotten until it was rediscovered in 1989, in the grounds of what is now Weifeng Middle School in Shandong Province, north-east China, about six hours' drive from Beijing. Its rediscovery was largely the result of the determination of Charles Walker, an engineer"
"after the First Battle of the Marne earlier in September 1914. A shell exploded below the horse he was riding; both he and the horse were killed. He is buried at Moulins New Communal Cemetery in Aisne France. Ronald Simson Ronald Francis Simson (6 September 1880 – 14 September 1914) was a Scottish rugby union player for . Simson was the first Scottish rugby international to die in the First World War. Ronald Simson was born in Edinburgh on 6 September 1880. He attended Edinburgh Academy and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, where he represented the Woolwich XV in a"
"Andy Coogan Andy Coogan (1 April 1917 – 22 March 2017) was a Scottish author, World War II veteran and middle-distance runner. Born in Glasgow, the oldest child of poor Irish immigrants, His promising athletic career was interrupted by the outbreak of World War II. As a young man, he was a mile runner and his goal was to compete in the Olympic Games for Great Britain, but the consequences of war and imprisonment left him physically unable to continue this pursuit. Captured during the Fall of Singapore, Coogan was interned at the Changi camp (site of the modern day"
"1888, at the age of 36. He is also listed in the Register with addresses in Scotland and New South Wales. His executor were his brother James Howe McClure and his stepmother's brother James Cholmeley Russell. George Buchanan McClure George Buchanan McClure was a Scottish rugby football player and along with his brother James Howe McClure, has the distinction of being the first twin to be capped in international rugby. George Buchanan McClure, also known as Joe, was born on 8 July 1851 in the Barony district of Glasgow, the son of James Howe McClure and Grace (née Buchanan). He"
"French Open. She played twice in the Australian Open semi-finals. She reached the doubles semifinal at Wimbledon in 1972, playing with another Scot, Joyce Williams. Winnie Shaw Winifred ""Winnie"" Mason Shaw (later Mrs. Wooldridge) (18 January 1947 – 30 March 1992) was a Scottish tennis player. In 2002, she was posthumously inducted into the Scottish Sports Hall of Fame. Winnie Shaw was born in Glasgow on 18 January 1947, the second and youngest child of Winifred Mason, also a tennis player, and journalist Angus Shaw. Shaw had more success as a doubles than a singles player. She never won a"
"States Skating Hall of Fame in 1940 and the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1979. He died in San Diego in 1981. Irving Jaffee Irving Warren Jaffee (September 15, 1906 in New York City – March 20, 1981 in San Diego, California) was an American speed skater who won two gold medals at the 1932 Winter Olympics, becoming the most successful athlete there along with his compatriot Jack Shea. Jaffee, who was Jewish, was born to Jewish parents who had emigrated from Russia in 1896. He grew up in the Crotona Park section of The Bronx, where he"
"on the golf course prior to his death on 5 July 1987. Bobby Ancell Robert Francis Dudgeon Ancell (16 June 1911 – 5 July 1987) was a Scottish football player and manager. He played as a left back for St Mirren, Newcastle United, Dundee and Aberdeen, and was capped twice by the Scotland national football team. He then managed Berwick Rangers, Dunfermline Athletic, Motherwell and Dundee during the 1950s and 1960s. Born in Dumfries on 16 June 1911, Bobby Ancell grew up with a marked aptitude for sport, thanks in no small part to his father, a physical training instructor"
"Irving Jaffee Irving Warren Jaffee (September 15, 1906 in New York City – March 20, 1981 in San Diego, California) was an American speed skater who won two gold medals at the 1932 Winter Olympics, becoming the most successful athlete there along with his compatriot Jack Shea. Jaffee, who was Jewish, was born to Jewish parents who had emigrated from Russia in 1896. He grew up in the Crotona Park section of The Bronx, where he played baseball with future Hall of Famer Hank Greenberg. He briefly attended DeWitt Clinton High School, but dropped out after failing to make the"
"In 1990, Kay Winthrop was inducted into the New England Tennis Hall of Fame. Katherine Winthrop McKean Katherine or Kathrine ""Kay"" Winthrop McKean (July 17, 1914 – February 12, 1997) was a top-ranked tennis player, who, in 1936 at Wimbledon, played doubles with Alice Marble. She was active from 1931 to 1957. Kay Winthrop was born in Ipswich, Massachusetts on July 17, 1914. She was one of six children born to Frederic Bayard Winthrop (1868–1932) and Sarah Barroll Thayer (1885–1938). Her siblings included Robert Winthrop; Dorothy Winthrop; Frederic Bayard Winthrop, Jr; John Winthrop; Nathaniel Thayer Winthrop. Through her father, she"
"was a member of the Committee on the Future Development of Tertiary Education in Australia, chaired by Sir Leslie Martin, which led to a formalised ‘binary divide’ between the universities, as research and teaching institutions, and other higher education teaching institutions. Ethel Gilray died in 1968. Colin Macdonald Gilray died in East Melbourne on 15 July 1974, and he was buried with his wife at Box Hill Cemetery. Colin Gilray Colin Macdonald Gilray (17 March 1885 – 15 July 1974) was a Scottish-born rugby union player, soldier and educationalist. He represented both New Zealand and Scotland in rugby union and"
"died in 1909, outliving his twin by 21 years. James Howe McClure James Howe McClure (8 July, 1851 – 1909) was a Scottish rugby football player and along with his brother George Buchanan McClure, has the distinction of being the first twin to be capped in international rugby. James Howe McClure was born on 8 July 1851 in the Barony district of Glasgow, the son of James Howe McClure (1812–1891) and Grace (née Buchanan). He was one of twins, his brother George Buchanan McClure deemed to have been born second. They were the fifth and sixth children of James and"
"in Fife. After moving into a care home in the 1990s, Black died in February 2018 and at the time of his death was the oldest living Lions player. Angus Black Angus William ""Gus"" Black (6 May 1925 – 14 February 2018) was a Scottish international rugby union player, who played for and the Lions. Black made his first international appearance on New Year's Day 1947 while studying medicine at Edinburgh University. He also played for Edinburgh University, and was on the 1950 British Lions tour to New Zealand and Australia where he played in two tests, playing in a"
"(b.1951-d.1954). Robey Leibbrandt Sidney Robey Leibbrandt was a South African Olympian sportsman, who during World War 2 acted as an Abwehr agent for the Third Reich against the British Empire in South Africa. He was convicted of High Treason in 1943 in a South African court and imprisoned for 5 years. Leibbrandt was born in Potchefstroom, in the Transvaal on 25 January 1913, the third of six children of Meyder (Meider) Johannes Leibbrandt (born 19.04.1878, Smithfield – died 17.06.1954, Pretoria). His father was of German descent, and his mother was Irish. Leibbrandt's father had fought with the Afrikaner forces in"
"since remarried and had two children, died as a result of food poisoning – his death had originally been believed to have been the result of stepping on a sea urchin while on holiday in Greece shortly before his death in Stevenage. Bob Wilson (footballer, born 1941) Robert Primrose Wilson, OBE (born 30 October 1941) is a former Scotland international football goalkeeper and later broadcaster. As a player, Wilson is most noted for his 11-year playing career at Arsenal where he made over 300 appearances. Wilson as well featured as a youth and senior international for Scotland. After retiring as"
"nursing home at Brown's Hill, Bussage near Chalford, he was later buried at Haycombe Cemetery in Bath. Reg Thomas (athlete) Reginald ""Reg"" Heber Thomas AFC (11 January 1907 – 14 March 1946) was a Welsh middle-distance runner. He competed at the 1928 and 1932 Summer Olympics and the 1930 British Empire Games. He missed the 1936 Summer Olympics because of injury, and did not compete in the 1934 British Empire Games for Wales, because of English objections. At both Olympics he was eliminated in the first round of the 1500 metres event. At the 1930 Empire Games he won the"
"back. The Jocks then heaved me up and I jumped into a ditch – an old trench filled with liquid mud – which took me some time to get out of."" His grave was marked with a wooden cross, with his name in charcoal. Later his remains were re-interred in the Royal Irish Rifles Graveyard at Laventie, near Armentières. In 2003, he was posthumously inducted into the Scottish Sports Hall of Fame. His Olympic medals and other trophies are displayed there. Wyndham Halswelle Wyndham Halswelle (30 May 1882 – 31 March 1915) was a British athlete. He won the controversial"
"a year before his death on 27 June 2012. Stan Cox Stanley Ernest Walter Cox (15 July 1918 – 27 June 2012) was a British athlete who competed in two Olympic games in 1948 and 1952. Born in Wood Green, England, he served with Royal Air Force in World War II before competing in the 10,000 metre event at the 1948 Summer Olympics. Unable to participate in the 1950 British Empire Games, he returned to the Olympics in 1952, although he did not complete his event, the marathon, due to the flu. At the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games,"
"featured the affair. ""In England"", Truscott summarised, ""Swimer was hailed as a hero by some but targeted as a villain by others."" Swimer was a member of the 1960 Great Britain open team in Turin, which finished second to France in the first quadrennial World Team Olympiad. His partner there was Jeremy Flint, who also played on the 1965 Bermuda Bowl team that Swimer led as npc. Swimer was born in Poland and came to Britain in the early 1920s. He died in London, England, after a short illness. Ralph Swimer Ralph Swimer (14 October 1914 – 28 February 1998)"
"the Olympic Games in Berlin in 1936, but wasn't able to accept. He was commissioned into the RAF in October 1941, leaving as a Squadron-Leader in 1946. He died in 1953 as a result of injuries sustained while playing polo. Eric Horace Tyrrell-Martin Eric Horace Tyrrell-Martin (30 April 1905 – 21 April 1953) was an English international polo player. At the height of his career, he held a nine goal handicap. Tyrrel-Martin played for England in the 1936 and 1939 International Polo Cup. He also won the 1939 US Open Polo Championship with Bostwick Field team. Born in Yorkshire, he"
"medals in competitions against England and New Zealand. He was an Australian champion in the downhill and long-time member of the Australian Ski Club. He and his wife Elyne Mitchell (daughter of General Sir Harry Chauvel) were the first people to ski the western slopes of the Main Range of the Snowy Mountains, including the demanding runs of ""Little Austria"". Mitchell joined the Second Australian Imperial Force in 1940 and was a captain in the 2/22 Battalion and Headquarters 8th Division. He was captured by the Japanese in 1942 and was interned in the infamous Changi POW camp until 1945,"
"to Palestine, where he was coach of the Palestinian track team for the 1948 Maccabi Games. In December 1947 while filming at a British army camp during the Civil War in Mandatory Palestine, he was killed in an attack by Arab warriors. Elias Katz Elias Katz (June 22, 1901 – December 24, 1947) was a Finnish track and field athlete, who competed mainly in the 3000 metres steeplechase. Born in Turku, Katz was Jewish. He competed for Finland in the 1924 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France in the 3000 metre steeple chase where he won the silver medal. He"
"Katherine Winthrop McKean Katherine or Kathrine ""Kay"" Winthrop McKean (July 17, 1914 – February 12, 1997) was a top-ranked tennis player, who, in 1936 at Wimbledon, played doubles with Alice Marble. She was active from 1931 to 1957. Kay Winthrop was born in Ipswich, Massachusetts on July 17, 1914. She was one of six children born to Frederic Bayard Winthrop (1868–1932) and Sarah Barroll Thayer (1885–1938). Her siblings included Robert Winthrop; Dorothy Winthrop; Frederic Bayard Winthrop, Jr; John Winthrop; Nathaniel Thayer Winthrop. Through her father, she was a direct descendant of John Winthrop: the descendant line is Gov. John Winthrop,"
"Harry Makepeace Joseph William Henry Makepeace (22 August 1881, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire – 19 December 1952, Bebington, Cheshire) was an English sportsman who appeared for his country four times at each of cricket and football. He is one of just 12 English double internationals. Makepeace played in four Tests for England in the 1920–21 Ashes series in Australia. His first-class career with Lancashire lasted from 1906 to 1930. ""I count Makepeace amongst the immortals of Lancashire and Yorkshire cricket,"" wrote Neville Cardus. Dudley Carew described Makepeace as ""a master against the turning ball on a difficult pitch"", and continued: There was"
"the 1924 Paris Olympics. He also won a gold medal in team saber at the 1928 Amsterdam Games. He was one of 437,000 Jews deported from Hungary to a concentration camp after Germany occupied the country in 1944. Garay was killed shortly thereafter, in 1945, in the Mauthausen concentration camp in Austria, shortly before the end of World War II. Garay, who was Jewish, was inducted in 1990 into The International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, Wingate Institute, Netanya, Israel. János Garay (fencer) János Garay (23 February 1889 in Budapest, Hungary – 5 March 1945 in Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp, Oberösterreich,"
"won the Gold Medal. He captained the Enghsh team against America in 1909 in the Weschester Cup with a handicap of +8 Nickalls served on the Western Front in World War I in the Northamptonshire Yeomanry. He wrote an account of fox hunting behind the lines in 1916. He remained a major in the Territorial Reserve, having been awarded the Distinguished Service Order in 1918, until 1926. Nickalls died on 10 September 1946 at the age of 69. Patteson Womersley Nickalls Patteson Womersley Nickalls (23 January 1877 – 10 September 1946), was an English polo player who competed in the"
"July 2014 from natural causes at the age of 81. Elenor Gordon Helen Orr ""Elenor"" Gordon (later McKay; 10 May 1933 – 5 July 2014) was a Scottish breaststroke swimmer who represented Great Britain at the 1948, 1952 and 1956 Olympics, and Scotland at the 1950 and 1954 British Empire Games. She won an Olympic bronze medal in the 200-metre breaststroke in 1952 and three gold medals at the British Empire Games. Gordon learnt to swim at Hamilton Baths, where her father worked as a lifeguard. From 1947 until 1957 she was the Scottish champion in the 200-metre breaststroke. In"
"G. Swanson (Frederick Swanson?), 27. ""Jimmie"" Lowe (James Lowe) - KIA, 28. Harry Belcher (Harry Charles Belcher) - KIA. George Dinnie George Dinnie (18 July 1875 – 13 June 1939) was a sportsman, strongman, wrestler and champion dog breeder. For a while, he was part of the traveling show promoted by Henry Jasper Redfern in Sheffield, England and often billed as the ""strongest man on earth"". In 1875, Dinnie was born at Ayr, South Ayreshire, Scotland, United Kingdom. He was the son of Donald Dinnie, noted champion of the Highland Games. In 1939, he died at Kalgoorlie in Western Australia."
"semi-final against rivals Rangers in May 1945. Paterson moved to England to sign for Brentford, then became player-manager of Yeovil and Petters United. Paterson then managed Stirling Albion for a season before working variously for Celtic as a trainer and a scout. Paterson graduated from Glasgow University with an MA degree. At the time he signed for Brentford, Paterson was working as a technician at the London Film Company. Paterson later emigrated to New Zealand and died there in December 1985. George Paterson (footballer, born 1914) George Denholm Paterson (26 September 1914 – 25 December 1985) was a Scottish international"
"Ronald Simson Ronald Francis Simson (6 September 1880 – 14 September 1914) was a Scottish rugby union player for . Simson was the first Scottish rugby international to die in the First World War. Ronald Simson was born in Edinburgh on 6 September 1880. He attended Edinburgh Academy and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, where he represented the Woolwich XV in a 49–9 victory over Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. He also played for London Scottish, a team especially hard hit because many of them joined the London Scottish regiment. Simson was selected to play for in one match, against at"
"Grini concentration camp from 5 December 1944 to the war's end in May 1945. His career best time in 100 m was 10.4 seconds, achieved in September 1939 at Bislett stadion. A month earlier, on the same track, he had clocked a career best time in 200 m of 21.5 seconds. A year later, again at the same stadium, he achieved a career best in long jump with 7.26 metres. Haakon Tranberg Haakon Werner Tranberg (2 March 1917 – 24 April 1991) was a Norwegian sprinter who specialized in the 100 and 200 metres. He represented Kristiansands IF. He won"
"from wounds. He was buried in Senlis French National Cemetery. Henry Macintosh Henry Maitland Macintosh (10 June 1892 – 26 July 1918) was a Scottish track and field athlete and winner of gold medal in 4 × 100 metres relay at the 1912 Summer Olympics. Macintosh was born in Kelso and educated at Glenalmond College and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. A sprinter, at the Stockholm Olympic Games he was eliminated in the first round of the 100 metres and did not finish in the semi-final of the 200 metres. As the second leg in the British 4 × 100 m"