Head of Hulley, from the statue on Liverpool Waterfront
Born
John Hulley
19 February 1832
10 Gloucester Street, Liverpool, United Kingdom
Died
6 January 1875(1875-01-06) (aged 42)
91 Grove Street, Liverpool, United Kingdom
Resting place
Grave G493, Toxteth Park Cemetery
Nationality
British
Education
Louis Huguenin's school, Liverpool; Matriculation at the Collegiate Institute, Liverpool
Occupation(s)
Honorary Secretary of the Liverpool Athletic Club; Director of the Rotunda Gymnasium; Manager of the New Liverpool Gymnasium; Vice-President and Honorary Secretary of the Athletic Society; Honorary Member of the Wenlock Olympian Society; Director of the Liverpool Gymnasium; Chairman of the National Olympian Association; Gymnasiarch of Liverpool.
Known for
Encouraging public participation in physical education to improve health and well-being; establishing the National Olympian Association; with William Penny Brooks and Ernst Ravenstein, organising the first National Olympian Games; exposing the Davenport Brothers; introducing the Velocipede into Liverpool
John Hulley (19 February 1832 – 6 January 1875) was an English gymnastics and athletics entrepreneur who encouraged public participation in physical education to improve health and well-being, and was one of the instigators of the Olympic movement in Britain. At his Liverpool Gymnasium in 1865 he established the National Olympian Association, the forerunner of the British Olympic Association. With William Penny Brookes and Ernst Georg Ravenstein, he organised the first National Olympian Games in 1866. He organised a series of Assault-at-Arms gymnastic events in Liverpool and Manchester. He organised six Olympic Festivals between 1862 and 1867 in Liverpool and Llandudno. With Robert B. Cummins, he exposed American magicians the Davenport brothers. He introduced the velocipede into Liverpool.
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the King's Liverpool Regiment. Buried in the cemetery (Grave G493) is JohnHulley, founder of the Liverpool Gymnasium and the National Olympian Association...
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members being Britons, mostly tradesmen. With William Penny Brookes and JohnHulley, he was a founder member of the National Olympian Association in 1865...
and 1867, Liverpool held an annual Grand Olympic Festival. Devised by JohnHulley and Charles Pierre Melly, these games were the first to be wholly amateur...
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brought by former Deputy President Jacob Zuma and his attorney, Michael Hulley. Thint and Zuma were suspected of crimes allegedly committed in connection...
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the first President. Lena B. Mathes was an early faculty member. Lincoln Hulley served as president from 1904 to 1934. Until 1995, Stetson had an affiliation...
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