Charles Foden
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| Nationality |
 United Kingdom | ||||||||||||
| Born | 1868 | ||||||||||||
| Died |
14 October 1908 Liverpool, England | ||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Tug of War | ||||||||||||
| Club | Liverpool Police | ||||||||||||
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Charles Foden (1868 – 14 October 1908) was a British tug of war competitor. At the 1908 Summer Olympics, he won a silver medal in the tug of war event as the captain of the British team, Liverpool Police, for whom he worked as a superintendent.
Charles was also a superb marksman and often practised in his spare time with a miniature rifle. On 14 October 1908, his body was discovered on the police athletic grounds in Liverpool with a gunshot wound through the heart, and his rifle was found nearby. An inquest into his death was held, but it could not be determined if he had committed suicide.[1]
At his funeral, his coffin was carried to its final place of rest by six members of the tug of war team.
References
- ↑ "The tragic death of superintendent Charles Foden". Retrieved 23 August 2014.
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