Beyond the modern stars, several earlier British sports figures appear in the official handbook and the test. Sir Ian Botham was one of England's greatest cricket all-rounders, the hero of the 1981 Ashes series. Sir Tom Finney was a Preston-born footballer who played for England in the 1940s and 1950s and is regarded as one of the finest of his generation. Dame Mary Peters won the pentathlon gold for Northern Ireland at the Munich Olympics in 1972.
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Other historic names include the Welsh fly-half Barry John, the boxer Sir Henry Cooper, and Sir Stirling Moss in motor racing. Knowing one or two examples by sport — football, cricket, rugby, athletics — is usually enough.
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