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The Frozen Face of Fame

If the sports celebrities assembled for this unique group portrait appear to be frozen in apprehension, it might be because Alfred Arthur Rouse, the Blazing Car Murderer, and George Joseph Smith, infamous killer of the Brides in the Bath, are lurking just below them in the basement. Or it might be, as in fact it is, because they are all effigies in Madame Tussaud's celebrated London museum.

SNOOKER CHAMPION JOE DAVIS
SOCCER STAR BILLY WRIGHT
SWIMMER ANITA LONSBOROUGH
RUNNER WILMA RUDOLPH
BOXER INGEMAR JOHANSSON
TENNIS STAR CHRISTINE TRUMAN
CRICKETER PETER MAY
HORSEMAN HARRY LLEWELLYN
FEATHERWEIGHT BOXER TERRY SPINKS
RACE DRIVER JACK BRABHAM
MILER HERB ELLIOTT
RACE DRIVER STIRLING MOSS
HORSEWOMAN PAT SMYTHE
TENNIS STAR MARIA BUENO
GOLFER BOBBY LOCKE

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BRIAN SEED