C. B. Fry

Cricket Player

1872 – 1956

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Who was C. B. Fry?

Charles Burgess Fry, known as C. B. Fry, was an English polymath; an outstanding sportsman, politician, diplomat, academic, teacher, writer, editor and publisher, who is best remembered for his career as a cricketer. John Arlott described him with the words: "Charles Fry could be autocratic, angry and self-willed: he was also magnanimous, extravagant, generous, elegant, brilliant – and fun ... he was probably the most variously gifted Englishman of any age."

Fry's achievements on the sporting field included representing England at both cricket and football, an FA Cup Final appearance for Southampton F.C. and equalling the then-world record for the long jump. He also reputedly turned down the throne of Albania. In later life, he suffered mental health problems, but even well into his seventies he claimed he was still able to perform his party trick: leaping from a stationary position backwards onto a mantelpiece.

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Born
Apr 25, 1872
Croydon
Nationality
  • England
  • United Kingdom
Profession
Education
  • Wadham College, Oxford
    Classics
Employment
  • Charterhouse School
Died
Sep 7, 1956
Hampstead

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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