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- Charles Burgess Fry (25 April 1872 – 7 September 1956) was an English sportsman, teacher, writer, editor and publisher, who is best remembered for his career as a cricketer.
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Charles Burgess Fry (25 April 1872 – 7 September 1956) was an English sportsman, teacher, writer, editor and publisher, who is best remembered for his career as a cricketer. [1]
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The Superman, more conventionally known as Charles Burgess (C.B.) Fry, was born in Croydon on 25th April 1872. After attending Repton public school he went on to win a scholarship to Wadham College Oxford, where he eventually gained a first-class honours degree in Classic Moderations.
Captain Charles Burgess Fry, who died at his home at Hampstead, London, on September 7, 1956, aged 84, was probably the greatest allrounder of his or any generation. He was a brilliant scholar...
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- May 25, 1872
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Oct 3, 2002 · Charles Burgess Fry was born in West Croydon in 1872. He won a scholarship to Oxford University where his outstanding all-round abilities earned him the nicknames 'Charles III', 'Almighty' and 'Lord Oxford'.
Sep 9, 2006 · Charles Burgess Fry was the greatest all-round sportsman of his time, and perhaps of any time. A top performer at cricket, athletics and two kinds of football, he also shone as an angler, golfer, skater and skier, rower and tennis player.
Jan 23, 2017 · No sportsman have earned better words and praise than Charles Burgess Fry or simply known as C. B. Fry. He was mostly famous for his sporting career, but he also left a mark as a journalist and writer, editor and publisher, politician and diplomat, and as an academic and teacher.
Charles Burgess Fry personified the all-round amateur ideal of the English gentleman in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Fry played cricket for Oxford University and then England and was the most consistently prolific batsman in England for several years.
