event death_date birth_place nationality name birth_date article_title birth_name
hammer 28 may 2012 watford , hertfordshire , england british don anthony 6 november 1928 don anthony
 donald anthony
don anthony

don anthony mbe -lrb- 6 november 1928 -- 28 may 2012 -rrb- was a british hammer thrower .
he competed at the 1956 summer olympics .
anthony placed 4th in the empire games in vancouver in 1954 .
the former watford harrier held the england record in the event which he broke several times during his decade long international athletics career .
he later competed for polytechnic harriers .
he was a founder member of the hammer circle .
he was a former pupil at watford boys grammar school .
it was as an administrator , educator and sporting pioneer that he truly made his mark .
whilst on national service in cyprus in 1955 , anthony first played the game of volleyball and , on his return home to a job as an assistant lecturer at manchester university he established a national governing body for the sport .
anthony remained president of england volleyball .
volleyball england 's hall of fame bears his name .
he traveled the world to promote peace and the values of the olympic games through unesco and the olympic solidarity movement .
he was a familiar face at the international olympic academy in greece and oversaw the establishment of britain 's own national olympic academy in 1982 .
as a journalist , he was responsible for uncovering much of britain 's early olympic heritage and also ensured that william penny brookes ' olympian games in much wenlock received their rightful place in the history of the modern games .
in 1994 , anthony welcomed juan antonio samaranch to much wenlock to mark the centenary of the ioc .
wenlock was the name of one of the london 2012 games mascots .
he worked closely with baron pierre de coubertin 's great nephew , antoine de navacelle , in the establishment of the coubertin awards which combined sport with the world of business ethics .
