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Fred Starkey

Frederick John Starkey was a British amateur athlete who in 1947 represented England at basketball and gymnastics. At the age of 28 he was the model for a sculpture of the Greek god Apollo by William Bloye, which stands in Coronation Gardens, Ednam Road, Dudley.

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Fred Starkey
Full nameFrederick John Starkey
Born(1911-02-20)20 February 1911
Hay Mills, Birmingham, England
Died27 January 2001(2001-01-27) (aged 89)
Sherborne, Dorset, England
Gymnastics career
DisciplineMen's artistic gymnastics
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England England

Frederick John Starkey (20 February 1911 – 27 January 2001) was a British amateur athlete who in 1947 represented England at basketball and gymnastics. At the age of 28 he was the model for a sculpture of the Greek god Apollo by William Bloye, which stands in Coronation Gardens, Ednam Road, Dudley.1

Starkey modelled for this statue of Apollo source ↗

Starkey was born in George Avenue, Hay Mills, Birmingham. In later life he worked as a probation officer in Birmingham.1 He died in Sherborne, Dorset, aged 89.2

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  1. Anon (2 April 2001). "Former city man tribute". Birmingham Evening Mail. Archived from the original on 29 March 2015 – via HighBeam.
  2. England & Wales, Death Index: 1984-2005