Mike Brearley (1942)
John Michael Brearley is a retired English first-class cricketer who captained Cambridge University, Middlesex, and England to three successive Ashes series wins. He was the captain of the English…
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Angelika Machinek (1956)
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John Edmond (1936)
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Haing S. Ngor (1940)
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Dave Bing (1943)
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Carl Spitteler (1845)
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