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Rapid Young rode his own Chariot of Fire

OF ALL England’s postwar speed merchants, none came closer to emulating Eric Liddell as an international rugby player and Olympian than John Young.
Long before David Puttnam made the Oscarwinning film Chariots of Fire, Young had his own blazing model, swift enough to carry him home at White City, Twickenham and 12,000 miles away to the corner flag in Dunedin for the Lions against New Zealand.
Nobody could touch Liddell but the boy from Chester, who made a name for himself at Oxford University and Harlequins, would have given him a run for his money.
Young won the 100 yards AAA ch...

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