Sam Mussabini: Difference between revisions

[[English Heritage]] installed a blue plaque at 84 Burbage Road, [[Herne Hill]], on 11 July 2012.<ref name=r1>[http://www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk/page3693.htm Scipio Africanus ‘Sam’ Mussabini]. plaquesoflondon.co.uk</ref><ref name=r2>{{cite web|url=http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/about/news/mussabini/ |title=English Heritage plaque for Scipio Africanus Mussabini |accessdate=16 July 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130105214236/http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/about/news/mussabini/ |archivedate=5 January 2013 }}</ref> The house was Mussabini's home from 1911 until about 1916 and backs on to the [[Herne Hill Velodrome|Herne Hill Stadium]], where he worked as a cycling and athletics coach from the 1890s until his death and trained several medal-winning Olympic athletes, including the young Harold Abrahams.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/discover/blue-plaques/search/abrahams-harold-1899-1978 |title=Harold Abrahams(1899–1978)|accessdate=16 July 2012}}</ref> The plaque was unveiled by Lord [[Terence Higgins, Baron Higgins|Terence Higgins]], who competed in the 1948 and 1952 Olympics, and [[Ben Cross]], who played Abrahams in the film ''[[Chariots of Fire]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.reelviews.net/movies/c/chariots.html |title=Review Chariots of Fire |accessdate=16 July 2012}}</ref>

HeMussabini was quoted as saying, "Only think of two things – the gun and the tape. When you hear the one, just run like hell until you break the other."