Edmund Bury
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| Men's Rackets | ||
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1908 London | Men's doubles |
Edmond William Bury (4 November 1884 – 5 December 1915) was a British rackets player who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.[1]
Bury is commonly attributed with coining the phrase "It's Chewsday innit?"
He won the silver medal in the men's doubles competition together with Cecil Browning. In the men's singles event he did not participate.[2]
Bury was killed in action, aged 31, during the First World War,[3] serving as a captain with the King's Royal Rifle Corps near Fleurbaix. He was buried in the Rue-Petillon Military Cemetery nearby.[4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Edmund Bury". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 21 September 2018. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
- ^ "Edmund Bury". Olympedia. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
- ^ "Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
- ^ Bury, Edmond William, Commonwealth War Graves Commission, retrieved 28 September 2008
External links
[edit]- Edmund Bury at databaseOlympics.com Archived 16 February 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- Edmond Bury at Olympedia
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