For sports fans far and wide
Robert Lee Elder celebrated his 85thbirthday this week. Known as Lee, he was born in Dallas Texas in 1934 and he was the youngest of ten children. When America joined the Second World War his father joined up. He didn’t have
There are some anniversaries that sporting teams like to let pass with little or no fanfare, and understandably so. One such anniversary passed just over a week ago and while there was little in the British press there was understandably
Tommy Green was born on the 30th of March 1894 in Fareham, Hampshire, in England. He was the son of a policeman, also named Tommy, who was transferred to Eastleigh when Tommy was an infant. Soon after the move Tommy
If you marvel at the modern day gymnasts at World Championships and Olympic Games, the chances are you would have been in awe of George Eyser. Frederick Ludwig Jahn, known as “Father Jahn,” is credited amongst the Germans as being
To start with how many people can find Armenia on a map? Secondly how many people know what finswimming is? Finally, how many people have heard of Shavarsh Karapetyan? Shavarsh Karapetyan was born in May 1953 in Armenia’s third largest
