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Essay:Greatest Conservative Sports Stars (view source)
Revision as of 22:34, November 27, 2011
, 22:34, November 27, 2011Ewan Murray + Eric Liddell
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|Michael Jones
|Michael Jones
|Rugby
|Rugby union
|His Christian beliefs caused him to abstain from playing or training on Sundays. Recently endorsed the conservative New Zealand National Party
|His Christian beliefs caused him to abstain from playing or training on Sundays. Recently endorsed the conservative New Zealand National Party
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|Ewan Murray
|Rugby union
|Observes the Sabbath and does not play for his club (Newcastle) or country (Scotland) on Sundays.
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|Eric Liddell
|Athletics
|Honoured in both Scotland and China as one of their great-ever athletes, Liddell refused to run in the 1924 Olympic 100m on a Sunday. Instead, he competed in the 400m and though it was not his best event he won the gold medal. Returned to China as a missionary and was devoted to helping the sick and poor.
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