| 词条 | John Graham Chambers |
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John Graham Chambers (12 February 1843 – 4 March 1883) was a Welsh sportsman. He rowed for Cambridge, founded inter-varsity sports, became English Champion walker, coached four winning Boat-Race crews, devised the Queensberry Rules, staged the Cup Final and the Thames Regatta, instituted championships for billiards, boxing, cycling, wrestling and athletics, rowed beside Matthew Webb as he swam the English Channel and edited a national newspaper. Early lifeChambers was born in Llanelly House in the town of Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, Wales.[1] He was the son of William Chambers, a Welsh landowner of the Chambers family. He was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated as B.A., won the Colquhoun Sculls and became President of the University Boat Club.[2] CareerChambers codified the "Marquess of Queensberry rules" upon which modern-day boxing is based. In 1867, he established the rules, which include the required use of boxing gloves, the ten-count, and three-minute rounds. He is a member of the International Boxing Hall of Fame. He was also a catalyst in the founding of British amateur athletics, having founded the Amateur Athletic Club in 1866, and was present at the formation of the Amateur Athletic Association in 1880.[3][4] Chambers also rowed twice in the Boat Race for Cambridge in 1862 and 1863, losing both times, and coached six Light Blues crews in 1865–66, again defeats, and 1871–74 when Cambridge put together four straight victories, including the first on sliding seats in 1873. Later lifeChambers died, aged forty, at 10 Wetherby Terrace, Earls Court, London on 4 March 1883[2] and is buried in Brompton Cemetery. References1. ^{{cite ODNB|id=5075|title=Chambers, John Graham|first=M. A.|last=Bryant}} {{Wikisource author}}Llanelli Community Heritage – John Graham Chambers Llanelly House{{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Chambers, John Graham}}{{Wales-boxing-bio-stub}}2. ^1 {{acad|id=CHMS861JG|name=Chambers, John Graham}} 3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/templates/theme.jsp?articleid=92495&back=&backToResults=|title=Amateur Athletic Association (act. 1880–1991)|publisher=oxforddnb.com|author=Holt, Richard |date=|accessdate=5 July 2012}} 4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.welshathletics.org/about-us/our-history.aspx |title=Welsh Athletics: Our History |publisher=welshathletics.org|author=Williams, Clive |date=|accessdate=5 July 2012}} 11 : Creators of sports|Founders of sporting institutions|1883 deaths|1843 births|People educated at Eton College|Burials at Brompton Cemetery|Welsh male rowers|Sportspeople from Llanelli|International Boxing Hall of Fame inductees|19th-century British people|Welsh male boxers |
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