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he was a devout Christian

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Eric Liddell was born in China, where his parents were missionaries

When Colin Welland completed his first draft, the only title he could come up with was Runners

In real life, Lord David Burghley (Lord Lindsay in this movie) was the first man to do the Great Court Run, not Harold Abrahams.

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he was only there for 5 months, In 1943, he was interned at the Weihsien Internment Camp (in the modern city of Weifang)

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I believe God made me for a purpose - but He also made me fast. And when I run, I feel His pleasure.

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Ordained to the ministry of the Scottish Congregational Church.

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won a gold medal in the 400-metre run and a bronze in the 200 metres at the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris.

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University of Edinburgh,. Liddell was educated from 1908 to 1920 at Eltham College

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On his return to China he married Florence Mackenzie

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February 21, 1945,died of a brain tumour while interred in a Japanese camp during World War II.

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January 16, 1902