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	Eric Liddell - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Eric Liddell, fondly called the "Flying Scotsman", was born in Tientsin (Tianjin) in North China, second son of Rev and Mrs James Dunlop Liddell who were Scottish missionaries with the London Missionary Society.
		At Eltham, Liddell was an outstanding sportsman, being awarded the Blackheath Cup as the best athlete of his year, playing for the 1st XI and the 1st XV by the age of 15, later becoming Captain of both cricket and rugby.
		Liddell was a committed Christian and he refused to race on Sunday, with the consequence that he was forced to withdraw from the Men's 100 metres, his best event.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Eric_Liddell (1172 words)

	Eric Liddell 1902-1945
		Born in China of missionary parents, Liddell came to Scotland when he was five years of age.
		A strict sabbatarian, he had refused to run in the heats of the 100 metres, which were held on a Sunday and opted instead for the 400 metres race despite his inexperience at this distance.
		Liddell subsequently returned to China as a missionary and died there in Japanese captivity.
	www.visitscotland.com /library/ericliddell (113 words)

	Eric Liddell - Portraits of Great Christians - In Touch Ministries (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Liddell silenced any skeptics in the AAA Championships in London in July 1923, by winning the 220-yard dash and the 100-yard dash.
		Liddell waited excitedly for the posting of the Olympic heats for the 100 meters and the 4X100 and 4X400 relays, his best events.
		Eric Liddell ran, spoke, and lived with great faithfulness and solid commitment to Christ.
	www.intouch.org /myintouch/mighty/portraits/eric_liddell_213688.html (828 words)

	FYS
		Likewise, Eric Liddell does not live by society's rules when he refuses to compete in a race for the English Olympic team which is held on Sunday, the Sabbath day.
		Liddell believes that no labor should be done on the Sabbath, even though he feels called to be a professional runner.
		Liddell and Adams are similar in their view of vocational calling, but their approaches are different.
	home.messiah.edu /~db1236/Vocation.htm (805 words)

	Eric Liddell
		Eric's refusal earlier in the week to run on Sunday in the Olympic 100-meter race had stunned the world.
		Eric Henry Liddell was born on the 16th of January 1902 in Tientsin, North China.
		As a young laddy Eric, with his older brother Rob, were left at a boarding school while their parents and sister Jenny returned to China.
	www.hyperhistory.net /apwh/bios/b3liddell10lu.htm (728 words)

	Eric Liddell
		Eric Henry Liddell was born on the 16th January 1902 in Tientsin (Tianjin) in North China, second son of the Rev and Mrs James Dunlop Liddell who were missionaries with the London Mission Society.
		Eric, with his older brother Rob, were left at their boarding school while their parents and sister Jenny returned to China.
		During 1941 - 1943 Eric stayed in Tientsin, then in 1943 he was interned in Weishien Camp until his death in 1945.
	www.electricscotland.com /history/men/eric_liddell.htm (437 words)

	DVDFILE.COM: Chariots of Fire Special Edition Review
		In the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris, British runners Harold Abrahams (Ben Cross) and Eric Liddell (Ian Charleson) were driven by forces other than a desire to see themselves in print or thump their chest in a Neanderthal gesture of male domination.
		Liddell is a devout Protestant whose sister frowns on his Olympic aspirations because he's promised to work a mission outside of Europe.
		Liddell, the overwhelming favorite for Olympic Gold in the 100m, refuses to participate in the race because it's being run on the Sabbath.
	www.dvdfile.com /software/review/dvd-video_11/chariotsfire_se.html (1463 words)

	Glimpses bulletin #161: Eric Liddell, More than an Olympic Champion
		Eric was not a great speaker, but the sincerity of his testimony made him effective.
		Eric was so fast, his daughter Patricia actually witnessed him chase down and catch a rabbit for rabbit pie during the period of war rationing.
		Eric was not favored at all in the 400 meter sprint at the 1924 Paris Olympics.
	chi.gospelcom.net /GLIMPSEF/Glimpses/glmps161.shtml (1550 words)

	Memories of Eric Liddell by Norman Cliff
		Eric Liddell of the London Missionary Society was appointed "captain" of the third group.
		Separated from his own girls, whom he keenly missed, Eric Liddell took a fatherly interest in the Chefoo boys and girls, some of whom had not seen their parents in inland China for many years, owing partly to the hazards of travel during the Japanese war.
		Soon after Liddell's death I was asked to leave my small room at the top of the hospital and move to the corner of the bachelor dormitory which he had occupied.
	www.holytrinitynewrochelle.org /yourti19163.html (1608 words)

	Chariots of Fire
		Eric Liddell of Scotland refused to run a heat at the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris because the race was scheduled on a Sunday, which his faith taught him would violate the Sabbath.
		As we know from the Academy Award-winning film, "Chariots of Fire,'' Liddell managed to negotiate an unheard-of switch from the 100-meter race he had been scheduled to run to the 400 meter, for which he had not trained, later in the week.
		Before his arrest, Liddell managed to get his wife and two children to safety in Canada (Florence Liddell was pregnant at the time with their third daughter, whom Eric would not live to see).
	www.sermonillustrator.org /illustrator/sermon1/chariots.htm (689 words)

	The Importance of Heroes: Historical Heroes
		As a runner, Liddell won the July 1923 AAA Championships in London for the 220-yard dash and the 100-yard dash.
		Liddell waited for the posting of the Olympic heats for the 100 meters and the 4X100 and 4X400 relays, his best events.
		More important, Eric Liddell showed he was willing to sacrifice success and fame in order to live by his convictions.
	www.focusonyourchild.com /entertain/art1/A0000217.html (576 words)

	Banner of Truth Trust General Articles
		Eric Liddell managed to negotiate an unheard-of switch from the 100 meter race which he had been scheduled to run to the 400 meter, for which he had not trained, later in the week.
		Instead of cashing in, Liddell turned his back on fame and fortune and followed in his parents' footsteps, becoming a missionary in China, where his most powerful contributions to God and to his fellow humans were made.
		The people of Scotland, who had shared their native son with China, were welcoming him back and affirming the note given to Liddell by his masseur before that 1924 race.
	www.banneroftruth.org /pages/articles/article_detail.php?319 (825 words)

	Eric Liddell - Olympic Athlete and Christian Missionary
		Born in China on January 16, 1902, to Scottish missionary parents, Eric Liddell is known to most of us for his unwavering Christian convictions during the Olympic games as portrayed in the Oscar-winning movie Chariots of Fire.
		Imprisoned in a Japanese internment camp in 1943, Eric Liddell developed a brain tumor under conditions where effective treatment was impossible.
		Eric Liddell chose to live a dangerous, materially unrewarding life in China, serving his God, when fame and riches were within his grasp.
	www.heartoscotland.com /Categories/eric-liddell.htm (456 words)

	"Chariots of Fire" Review: Christian Spotlight
		His primary competition for Olympic gold in the 100 meters is Eric Liddell, a former rugby star whose life goal is to serve God as a missionary to China, but who is slated first to represent Scotland in the Olympic games.
		Eric refuses to run in the race he was scheduled for, and instead chooses to compete in a race for which he has not trained.
		Liddell lives a life of godly joy -- joy that does not depend upon winning or losing -- a joy that is the fruit of a Godly life.
	www.christiananswers.net /spotlight/movies/pre2000/rvu-chfr.html (784 words)

	Challies Dot Com: DVD Review - The Story of Eric Liddell (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Liddell is best known for being the subject of the biographical film Chariots of Fire which traced his rise to prominence in Scotland.
		Liddell refused to participate in the Olympic race he was favored to win because to do so he would have had to violate his beliefs about the Sabbath.
		Liddell is portrayed as a reluctant hero who much preferred solitude over celebration and who had little desire to be the center of attention.
	www.challies.com /archives/001286.php (796 words)

	Sample 2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Eric Liddell was born in China in 1902 to Scottish missionary parents.
		In the 1920s, when Eric Liddell was racing for Scotland, there were no starting blocks at the starting line for runners; they had to dig a hole in the dirt with the toe of their shoes to help push off.
		Eric screeched to a halt and stood with the crowd in respectful silence.
	trailblazerbooks.com /books/HeroTales/Hero2-Smpl.html (2124 words)

	Eric Liddell - Missions Resources.com
		Eric Liddell, hero of the film Chariots of Fire, risked becoming a national disgrace at the 1924 Paris Olympics when he refused to run on a Sunday.
		But the thinly veiled criticism in the press turned to sensational acclaim when Eric entered—and won—a race for which he was completely untrained, finishing a full five meters ahead of the favorite.
		He was a celebrity, but the faith which had inspired his courageous stand stirred in him again, and at the height of his fame he announced that he was leaving athletics to return as a missionary to the land of his birth, China.
	www.missionsresources.com /product/84.htm (154 words)

	Eric Liddell
		The medals are three: the gold for the 400 metres (in which Liddell broke the Olympic and the world records), the bronze for the 200 metres, and his participant's medal.
		In the film "Chariots of Fire" (1981) which told the story of Eric Liddell and the Olympic Games, the part of Liddell was played by another Edinburgh graduate, (sadly now the late) Ian Charleson.
		The Library also holds original annotated University athletics programmes which attest to the reductions of Eric Liddell's times over the distances in the events in which he participated at the Olympiad.
	www.lib.ed.ac.uk /about/bgallery/Gallery/records/nineteen2/liddell.html (359 words)

	Eric Liddell
		He simply believed in Him and accepted whatever came." News of Liddell's talk was reported in every newspaper in Scotland the next morning.
		In March of 1943, Liddell, along with other Americans and British, entered a Japanese internment camp.
		His last words, spoken to a camp nurse, were, "It's complete surrender." All of Scotland mourned upon learning of his death.
	visitdunkeld.50megs.com /eric-liddell.htm (830 words)

	Amazon.com: Eric Liddell: Pure Gold : A New Biography of the Olympic Champion Who Inspired Chariots of Fire: Books: ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		At the very pinnacle of his athletic success, Liddell laid it all aside to become a missionary to China, the country his father had served when Eric was a boy and the country he continued to serve to that day.
		Liddell counted his prestige as nothing and moved to the mission field.
		I had always admired Eric Liddell from what I knew of his story from the movie "Chariots of Fire." This thoroughly researched and well-written account of his entire life (only a couple of chapters focus on the time surrounding the '24 Olympics) moved me to tears several times.
	www.amazon.com /Eric-Liddell-Biography-Champion-Inspired/dp/1572930519 (1357 words)

	Run with patience - The story of Eric Liddell, born 100 years ago \| Graham Heaps
		It brought to the public eye Eric Liddell, a Christian man who turned down the opportunity to compete in the 100 metres, the blue riband event at the Games, because its heats were to be held on a Sunday.
		When Eric was five his parents returned for furlough to Scotland, but two years later he was sent, with his elder brother, Rob, to a boarding school for missionaries' children in Blackheath, south London, while his parents and younger sister returned to China.
		Eric faced considerable dangers in his journeys into the interior and in his stays at the mission station at Siaochang, where his brother Rob served as a doctor.
	www.e-n.org.uk /2017-Run-with-patience.htm (2118 words)

	The Home School Court Report Vol. XVIII, No. 5 -- HSLDA essay contest results
		Eric Henry Liddell, born on January 16, 1902, in Tientsin, China, was the son of Scottish missionaries.
		After Eric Liddell voiced his decision not to run, the embarrassed officials requested that he run in the 400-meter races instead, and Eric consented.
		Liddell knew where his help came from, and it showed--not just at church or just when he saw his parents, but it shone through his athletic life as well.
	www.hslda.org /courtreport/V18N5/V18N505.asp (1646 words)

	Untitled Page
		To win is to honor him." So Eric Liddell says in a pivotal scene of the classic movie Chariots of Fire, defending the compatibility of his commitment both to serve as a Christian missionary to China (in the long-term) and to run in the 1924 Olympics in Paris (in the short-term).
		It is out of character for Liddell to be so focused on winning." What followed was an interesting exchange about winning, its compatibility with Christian faith and the criteria by which we measure what it means to be a winner.
		People began to connect Liddell's interest in what "pleases" God and the runner's genuine desire for "excellence" with his profound faith in Christ and desire to serve Christ as a missionary.
	www.christiancentury.org /article_print.lasso?id=1400 (893 words)

	Famous Scots - Eric Henry Liddell
		One of Scotland's greatest athletes, Eric Liddell was born in Tientsin in China, the son of Scottish parents.
		It was while he was attending Edinburgh University to study Science and Divinity that his talent for running came to light.
		His athletic prowess and his principles became the subject of the film "Chariots of Fire" in which the part of Liddell was played by the Scots actor Ian Charleson.
	www.rampantscotland.com /famous/blfamliddell.htm (333 words)

	Eric Liddell : After The Gold
		Eric Liddell's twenty years in China were eventful, to
		Liddell ran in the race for veterans, his head thrown
		Eric was one of those responsible for keeping law and
	www.heartvalues.com /eric_liddell___after_the_gold.html (1594 words)

	Memorable Quotes from Chariots of Fire (1981) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Eric Liddell: I believe God made me for a purpose, but he also made me fast.
		Eric Liddell: The impertinence lies, sir, with those who seek to influence a man to deny his beliefs!
		Eric Liddell: God made countries, God makes kings, and the rules by which they govern.
	www.imdb.com /title/tt0082158/quotes (725 words)

	July 11: Eric Liddell Takes Olympic Gold
		Eric did not like to speak in public.
		He and his brother Rob were noted rugby players and when Eric began to run and win races, his picture was frequently in the newspapers.
		Eric had won the gold in 47.6 seconds, a world record!
	chi.gospelcom.net /DAILYF/2002/07/daily-07-11-2002.shtml (673 words)

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