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John HulleyLiverpool 1832 - Liverpool 1875English gymnastics and athletics entrepreneur who encouraged public participation in physical education to improve health and well-being, and was one of the instigators of the Olympic movement in Britain (Wikipedia) |
Tom Murphy
2019 |
Statue of John Hulley on a large circular platform, on which are five text plaques.
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John Hulley 1832-1875 Liverpool's First Olympian, self-styled the Gymnasiarch Unveiled by HRH The Princess Royal 14th June 2019 Gifted by Mr Robin Baynes MBE & Mrs Brenda Baynes Sculptor: Tom Murphy |
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John Hulley 1832-1875 His Motto was "Mens Sana in Corpore Sano" (A healthy mind in a healthy body In 1867 John Hulley said 'What I desire to impress upon you is that Olympic Festivals are not the end of physical education. Physical Education, or rather it's dessemination, is the end. Olympic festivals are a means to securing that end.' John Hulley registered the first Across Mersey Swim in the Grand Liverpool Olympic Festival 1863 |
John Hulley 1832-1875 In 2008, Family historian, Ray Hulley, rediscovered Hulley's grave in Smithdown Road Cemetery. He led a group of enthusiasts who, with the support of the British Olympic Foundation and the International Olympic Committee were able to renovate John Hulley's grave. A rededication ceremony was held on June 14, 2009. John Hulley has been included in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, a respected work of reference on notable figures from British History |
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John Hulley 1832-1875 In 1861, John Hulley and Charles Melly formed the Liverpool Athletic Club. By 1865, they had opened the first Gymnasium for working people, promoting healthy lifestyles for Liverpool people and bringing physical education to the masses John Hulley organised six Olympic Festivals: Four in Liverpool in 1862, 1863, 1864 and 1867 Two in North Wales in 1865 and 1866 |
John Hulley 1832-1875 In 1865, John Hulley chaired the first meeting of the National Olympic Association In his Myrtle Street Gymnasium with Dr William Penny Brooks (Much Wenlock) and Ernst George Ravenstein (London) These men were known as The 'Three Founding Fathers' of the Modern day Olympics |
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