Eric Liddell

Eric Henry Liddell (16 Januar 1902 – 21 Februar 1945) wis a Scots athlete, rugby union internaitional player, an missionary.

Liddell wis the winner o the men's 400 metres at the 1924 Simmer Olympics in Paris. Liddell's Olympic trainin an racin, an the releegious convictions that influenced him, are depictit in the Oscar-winnin 1981 film Chariots of Fire, in which he is portrayed bi fellae Scot Ian Charleson.

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