Victorian athlete, adventurer and player

We are going to close the week talking about a character of the Victorian era, in which the game was born more or less than we know today. The hero of this Sunday John Dakdale Austley.

He was born February 19, 1828 In Rome, where his parents were, Austley’s descendant of Austley, the son of a Baronat and the head of the seventeenth century English civil war.

Studied Winchester, Aden Y OxfordThe university he left by his sports debts. He was a serious athlete, he was trained in boxing, grace, athletics, row and horseman, and after his experience in Oxford, he was sent to study Switzerland by his parents, where he gave free control to hunt for another interest.

This adventurer toured the world for 21 years, and he went to Gibraltar, from there he visited Seville, He saw the city that he saw a bull fight, and Madrid, There he played in an athletic life.

In 1854 Sent to the war by the militaryAnd Alma participated in the war, where he was seriously injured in his neck. This means license and sent to the UK.

The funny thing is that next year, he decided to turn his forehead when he was healed. He was promoted to Balaklawa Hospital, but he was promoted. Even in the middle of the war, Austley could not leave the game, and was popular in organizing various competitions English, French and Italian soldiers. At the end of the conflict, he returned home and awarded the award.

In 1859 he left the army and devoted himself to his interest: horse racing. Competed in the nickname S. Tellusan It is associated with the entire horseback business: raising and practicing horses, merging them … and above all. In fact, the rest of his life he was an improper player and was often ruined.

Organized competitions Swimming, athletics and boxing. On July 23, 1873, Austley agreed to the Baronet title; He became a peace judge for Lincolnshire and Willadshayar, and in 1874 he returned to parliament by the Northern Lincoln to protect the conservative interests, but lost his place in the 1880 general election.

Austley died at 7th place of Park Place on St. James Street October 10, 1894At the age of 66. He made his memories a few months before he died: Fifty years of my life in the world of sports at home and abroadIt was a great success.

I hope the article liked you. Until next week.