Frederick Goodfellow
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Frederick William Goodfellow (born March 7, 1874 in Walsall , † November 22, 1960 in Croydon ) was a British athlete and tug of war .
Goodfellow took part in the 1908 Olympic Games in London in the tug of war and won the gold medal with the British team. In fact, the silver and bronze medals also went to British teams. Goodfellow, then 34, was a police officer. The winning team to which he belonged consisted of British police officers. It was called the London City Police . In the final of the competition on July 18, 1908, this team was defeated as the Liverpool Police Team .
Web links
- Frederick Goodfellow in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ sports-reference.com , final of the 1908 Olympic tug of war competition. Accessed July 14, 2012.
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| SURNAME | Goodfellow, Frederick |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Goodfellow, Frederick William (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British tug of war |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 7, 1874 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Walsall |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 22, 1960 |
| Place of death | Croydon |