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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Garfield Sobers, Stephen Fleming, Alfred Shaw, Jason Gallian, Clive Rice, William Clarke, John Dixon, Brian Bolus, Mordecai Sherwin, Jack Bond, Arthur Carr, Tim Robinson, Arthur Jones, Richard Daft, Geoff Millman, George Parr, Paul Johnson. Excerpt:Alfred Shaw (Burton Joyce Nottinghamshire , 29 August 1842 16 January 1907 in Gedling, Nottinghamshire ) was an eminent Victorian cricketer and rugby footballer, who organised the first British Isles rugby tour to Australasia in 1888 . He made two trips to North America and four to Australia, captaining the English cricket team in four Test matches on the all-professional tour of Australia in 1881/82, where his side lost and drew two each. He was also, along with James Lillywhite and Arthur Shrewsbury , co-promoter of the tour. Career Shaw was one of the few cricketers of his time whose Christian name was used more frequently than his initials. Standing only 5'6½" tall, he put on copious weight near the end of his career, when his naturally corpulent build was dramatically accentuated. It is unfortunate, therefore, that most photographs of him were taken so late in his cricketing life. A man of droopy aspect, bushed eyes, some classically Victorian facial hair and a belt nearer his breast than his substantial waist, he certainly didn't look the part of the era's finest medium-pacer, but they were few who qustioned his credentials. Shaw's first-class career extended from 1864 to 1897, and most of his matches were for Nottinghamshire . He had the unusual distinction for a professional of frequently captaining that county, and this was vindicated when he took Notts to four successive Championships from 1883 to '86. He was a natural leader with a power persona, but his connection with Notts all but ended after that last triumph. As his ... ... Read more

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Mike Dixon, Frank Ullrich, Peter Angerer, Frank-Peter Roetsch, Eirik Kvalfoss, Alfred Eder, Franz Schuler, Fritz Fischer, Yuri Kashkarov, Dmitri Vladimirovich Vasilyev, Andreas Zingerle, Algimantas Šalna, Matthias Jacob, Sergey Bulygin, Gottlieb Taschler, Odd Lirhus, Ernst Reiter, Rolf Storsveen, Jan Matouš, Kjell Søbak, Leif Andersson, Terje Krokstad, Andrew Paul. Excerpt:Olympic medal record Alfred Eder (born December 28, 1953) is an Austrian biathlete and soldier, who competed as a member of the Heeressportverein (army sports club) Saalfelden . He was born in Piesendorf . Selected results item 1980: item 1983: item 1984: item 1986: item 1988: item 1992: item 1994: See Also (online edition) Websites (URLs online) A hyperlinked version of this chapter is at Olympic medal record Algimantas alna (September 12, 1959 in Vidi k s, Utena County , Lithuanian SSR ) is a former Olympic biathlete . alna won gold medals in World Championships as a relayist in 1983 and 1985. As a member of the Soviet relay team, he won a Gold Medal at the 1984 Winter Olympics - he was the first Lithuanian-born athlete to win a medal in the Winter Olympics. As an individual he placed fifth in its 10-kilometer competition. He moved to the U.S. in 1991 and coached the U.S. Olympic biathlon teams of 1994, 1998, 2002, and 2006. References (URLs online) item Algimantas alna. Sports Reference . en... ... Read more