J.W. Foster and Sons
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J W Foster & Sons Limited was an athletic shoe manufacturing company located in Bolton, England. Established by Joseph W. Foster in 1895, the company was a pioneer in the use of track spikes for runne
1924 Olympic 100 m champion Harold Abrahams wearing J.W. Foster's pioneering running spikes
Harold Abrahams
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Harold Maurice Abrahams was an English track and field athlete. He was Olympic champion in 1924 in the 100 metres sprint, a feat depicted in the 1981 film Chariots of Fire.
J.W. Foster and Sons
…Sport. The company began distributing shoes across the United Kingdom which were worn by British athletes, and were made famous by 100m Olympic champion Harold Abrahams (who would be immortalized in the Oscar winning film Chariots of Fire) in the 1924 Summer Olympics held in Paris. In 1933, Joseph William Foster died…
Abrahams at the 1924 Olympics
Abrahams' daughter Sue Pottle unveiling the English Heritage Blue plaque commemorating Abrahams in Golders Green