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Encyclopedia > Buster Mottram

Christopher "Buster" Mottram (b. 25 April 1955 in Kingston-on-Thames) is a former British tennis player, who achieved a highest lifetime world ranking of 15th. April 25 is the 115th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (116th in leap years). ... 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Kingston upon Thames, part of the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, is an ancient market town where Saxon kings were crowned, and is now a lively suburb of London. ... Tennis balls This article is about the sport, tennis. ...


He represented Great Britian in the Davis Cup eight times. Great Britain is an island lying off the western coast of Europe, comprising the main territory of the United Kingdom. ... Davis Cup logo The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in mens tennis. ...


Mottram is noted for his extreme right-wing views. He endorsed the British National Front and applied, unsuccesfully, for the Conservative parliamentary candidacy in several constituencies. In politics, right-wing, the political right, or simply the right, are terms which refer, with no particular precision, to the segment of the political spectrum in opposition to left-wing politics. ... In the United Kingdom, the British National Front (most commonly called the National Front or NF) is a extreme right-wing political party that had its heyday during the 1970s and 80s. ... The Conservative Party is the largest political party on the right-of-centre in the United Kingdom. ...


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"I hope Enoch Powell will never die, just as his namesake in the Bible never died." Enoch Powell The Right Honourable John Enoch Powell MBE (June 16, 1912 – February 8, 1998) was a British politician. ...


"The majority of today's players revel in displaying an aggressive masculinity with all its associated features: shorts or skirts as distinct from dresses (you can count on one hand the number of players who don dresses), short cropped hair, bad language and mannerisms traditionally linked with the men."


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Craig Mottram: Long distance prospect - Athens Olympics 2004 - ABC Sport. (338 words)
Craig Mottram is one of the country's brightest ever prospects in the 5,000 metres, shouldering the hope that Australia can one day return to the position of strength in the long distance events which it enjoyed in the 1950s and 1960s.
Mottram was involved a mid-race altercation with Nick Howarth who, though disqualified, won a re-run of the race a week later, with Mottram only finishing 10th.
Mottram, who has finished as high as 5th (2002) in the World Cross Country Championships, holds the national record in the 5,000m (13.12.04) and is coached by prominent track and field identity Nic Bideau.
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