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OLYMPIC ATHLETES: A good autograph album containing over 500 signatures by various athletes (including participants in various Olympic Games between 1924-56, with the majority competing at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London), tennis players and other individuals including McDonald Bailey (Bronze medallist, 100 metres, Helsinki 1952), Alan Paterson, Harry Whittle, Harry Askew, Peter Wells, Norman Drake, Tim Anderson, Don Finlay (Bronze medallist, Los Angeles 1932 & Silver medallist Berlin 1936, both in the 110 m hurdles; later a fighter pilot who flew in the Battle of Britain), Dora Gardner, Harold Abrahams (Gold medallist, 100 metres & Bronze medallist, 4x100 m Relay, both at Paris, 1924), Sandy Duncan, Kenneth Jones (Silver medallist, 4x100 m, London 1948, and also a successful Welsh international rugby union footballer), Angus Scott, John Fairgrieve, Clive van Ryneveld, Jack Holden, Stan Cox, Allan Watt, Allan Lindsay, Ewan Douglas, Bill Nankeville, Harry Tarraway, Derek Pugh, Jack Gregory (Silver medallist, 4x100 m, London 1948), Bill Roberts (Gold medallist, 4x400 metres, Berlin 1936) Tom White, Richard Webster, Martin Pike, Harry Churcher, Peter Gardner, Ray Weinberg, Bill Ramsay, John Bartram, Duncan White (Silver medallist, 400-metre hurdles, London 1948, becoming the first Ceylonese athlete to win an Olympic medal), John Holland (Bronze medallist, 400-metre hurdles, Helsinki 1952), Bill Bruce (Silver medallist, Long Jump, London 1948), Gordon George Avery (Silver medallist, Triple Jump, London 1948), Les McKeand, Harold Nelson, Morris Curotta, Ernest Crosbie, Clyde Scott (Silver medallist, 110 m hurdles, London 1948), Bob Richards (Bronze medallist, London 1948 & Gold medallist at Helsinki 1952 and Melbourne 1956, all in Pole vault), Bob Likins, Clem Eischen, Bob McMillen (Silver medallist, 1500 metres, Helsinki 1952), Mal Whitfield (Gold medallist, 800 metres & 4x400 m relay, London 1948, Gold medallist 800 metres, Helsinki 1952, Silver medallist 4x400 m relay, Helsinki 1952, and Bronze medallist, 400 metres, London 1948), John Deni, Cliff Bourland (Gold medallist, 4 x 400 m relay, London 1948), George Stanich (Bronze medallist, High Jump, London 1948), Fortune Gordien (Bronze medallist, London 1948 and Silver medallist, Melbourne 1956, both in Discus throw), William Porter (Gold medallist, 110 m hurdles, London 1948), Guinn Smith (Gold medallist, Pole vault, London 1948), Bill Albans, Clarence Robison, Jerry Thompson, Dwight Eddleman, Craig Dixon (Bronze medallist, 110 m hurdles, London 1948), Roy Cochran (Gold medallist, 400 m hurdles and 4x400 m relay, both at London, 1948), Herb Barten, Browning Ross, Martin Biles, Dean Cromwell (Head Coach of the United States track team at the 1948 London Olympics), Whitey Overton, Barney Ewell (Gold medallist, 4x100 m relay, and Silver medallist, 100 metres & 200 metres, all at London, 1948), Wilbur Thompson (Gold medallist, Shot put, London 1948), Dorothy Tyler-Odam (Silver medallist, High jump, Berlin 1936 and London 1948), Margaret Erskine, Audrey Williamson (Silver medallist, 200 metres, London 1948), Sylvia Cheeseman (Bronze medallist, 4 x 100 m, Helsinki 1952), Maureen Gardner (Silver medallist, 80 m hurdles, London 1948), Muriel Pletts, Dorothy Manley (Silver medallist, 100 metres, London 1948, becoming the first British woman to win an Olympic sprint medal), Doris Batter, Joan Upton, Nancy Mackay (Bronze medallist, 4x100 m relay, London 1948), Elaine Silburn, Diane Foster (Bronze medallist, 4x100 m relay, London 1948), Viola Myers (Bronze medallist, 4x100 m relay, London 1948), Shirley Gordon Olafsson, Philip Morgan, Roger Bannister (the first athlete to run a mile in under four minutes), John Savidge, Harry Askew, Len Eyre, John Disley (Bronze medallist, 3000 metres steeplechase, Helsinki 1952), Alec Olney, Tim Anderson, Angus Scott, Doug Wilson, Sheila Alexander (Silver medallist, High Jump, Helsinki 1952), Diane Coates, Doris Nelson Neal, Valerie Ball, Jean Desforges (Bronze medallist, 4x100 metre relay, Helsinki 1952), Andre-Jacques Marie, Chris Brasher (Gold medallist, 3000 metres steeplechase, Melbourne 1956), Quita Shivas, Gillian Sheen (Gold medallist, Foil individual, Melbourne 1956), Malcolm Nokes (Bronze medallist, Paris 1924, Hammer throw) Dorothy Round, Kay Stammers, Laurie Shaffi, Mary Whitmarsh, H. W. Austin and many others. The vast majority of pages are multiple signed, a few of the signatures are in pencil, and some of the signatures (including Harold Abrahams, Roger Bannister, McDonald Bailey etc.) appear more than once in the album. Some light age wear, generally VGProvenance: The signatures were all collected by the British athlete Raymond Barkway (1924-1956) who ran in the 110 m high hurdles for Great Britain in the 1948 London Olympics and the album bears his ownership signature ('Ray Barkway, Exeter College, Oxford') to the inside front cover.
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OLYMPIC ATHLETES: A good autograph album containing over 500 signatures by various athletes (including participants in various Olympic Games between 1924-56, with the majority competing at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London), tennis players and other individuals including McDonald Bailey (Bronze medallist, 100 metres, Helsinki 1952), Alan Paterson, Harry Whittle, Harry Askew, Peter Wells, Norman Drake, Tim Anderson, Don Finlay (Bronze medallist, Los Angeles 1932 & Silver medallist Berlin 1936, both in the 110 m hurdles; later a fighter pilot who flew in the Battle of Britain), Dora Gardner, Harold Abrahams (Gold medallist, 100 metres & Bronze medallist, 4x100 m Relay, both at Paris, 1924), Sandy Duncan, Kenneth Jones (Silver medallist, 4x100 m, London 1948, and also a successful Welsh international rugby union footballer), Angus Scott, John Fairgrieve, Clive van Ryneveld, Jack Holden, Stan Cox, Allan Watt, Allan Lindsay, Ewan Douglas, Bill Nankeville, Harry Tarraway, Derek Pugh, Jack Gregory (Silver medallist, 4x100 m, London 1948), Bill Roberts (Gold medallist, 4x400 metres, Berlin 1936) Tom White, Richard Webster, Martin Pike, Harry Churcher, Peter Gardner, Ray Weinberg, Bill Ramsay, John Bartram, Duncan White (Silver medallist, 400-metre hurdles, London 1948, becoming the first Ceylonese athlete to win an Olympic medal), John Holland (Bronze medallist, 400-metre hurdles, Helsinki 1952), Bill Bruce (Silver medallist, Long Jump, London 1948), Gordon George Avery (Silver medallist, Triple Jump, London 1948), Les McKeand, Harold Nelson, Morris Curotta, Ernest Crosbie, Clyde Scott (Silver medallist, 110 m hurdles, London 1948), Bob Richards (Bronze medallist, London 1948 & Gold medallist at Helsinki 1952 and Melbourne 1956, all in Pole vault), Bob Likins, Clem Eischen, Bob McMillen (Silver medallist, 1500 metres, Helsinki 1952), Mal Whitfield (Gold medallist, 800 metres & 4x400 m relay, London 1948, Gold medallist 800 metres, Helsinki 1952, Silver medallist 4x400 m relay, Helsinki 1952, and Bronze medallist, 400 metres, London 1948), John Deni, Cliff Bourland (Gold medallist, 4 x 400 m relay, London 1948), George Stanich (Bronze medallist, High Jump, London 1948), Fortune Gordien (Bronze medallist, London 1948 and Silver medallist, Melbourne 1956, both in Discus throw), William Porter (Gold medallist, 110 m hurdles, London 1948), Guinn Smith (Gold medallist, Pole vault, London 1948), Bill Albans, Clarence Robison, Jerry Thompson, Dwight Eddleman, Craig Dixon (Bronze medallist, 110 m hurdles, London 1948), Roy Cochran (Gold medallist, 400 m hurdles and 4x400 m relay, both at London, 1948), Herb Barten, Browning Ross, Martin Biles, Dean Cromwell (Head Coach of the United States track team at the 1948 London Olympics), Whitey Overton, Barney Ewell (Gold medallist, 4x100 m relay, and Silver medallist, 100 metres & 200 metres, all at London, 1948), Wilbur Thompson (Gold medallist, Shot put, London 1948), Dorothy Tyler-Odam (Silver medallist, High jump, Berlin 1936 and London 1948), Margaret Erskine, Audrey Williamson (Silver medallist, 200 metres, London 1948), Sylvia Cheeseman (Bronze medallist, 4 x 100 m, Helsinki 1952), Maureen Gardner (Silver medallist, 80 m hurdles, London 1948), Muriel Pletts, Dorothy Manley (Silver medallist, 100 metres, London 1948, becoming the first British woman to win an Olympic sprint medal), Doris Batter, Joan Upton, Nancy Mackay (Bronze medallist, 4x100 m relay, London 1948), Elaine Silburn, Diane Foster (Bronze medallist, 4x100 m relay, London 1948), Viola Myers (Bronze medallist, 4x100 m relay, London 1948), Shirley Gordon Olafsson, Philip Morgan, Roger Bannister (the first athlete to run a mile in under four minutes), John Savidge, Harry Askew, Len Eyre, John Disley (Bronze medallist, 3000 metres steeplechase, Helsinki 1952), Alec Olney, Tim Anderson, Angus Scott, Doug Wilson, Sheila Alexander (Silver medallist, High Jump, Helsinki 1952), Diane Coates, Doris Nelson Neal, Valerie Ball, Jean Desforges (Bronze medallist, 4x100 metre relay, Helsinki 1952), Andre-Jacques Marie, Chris Brasher (Gold medallist, 3000 metres steeplechase, Melbourne 1956), Quita Shivas, Gillian Sheen (Gold medallist, Foil individual, Melbourne 1956), Malcolm Nokes (Bronze medallist, Paris 1924, Hammer throw) Dorothy Round, Kay Stammers, Laurie Shaffi, Mary Whitmarsh, H. W. Austin and many others. The vast majority of pages are multiple signed, a few of the signatures are in pencil, and some of the signatures (including Harold Abrahams, Roger Bannister, McDonald Bailey etc.) appear more than once in the album. Some light age wear, generally VGProvenance: The signatures were all collected by the British athlete Raymond Barkway (1924-1956) who ran in the 110 m high hurdles for Great Britain in the 1948 London Olympics and the album bears his ownership signature ('Ray Barkway, Exeter College, Oxford') to the inside front cover.
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