Denis Follows
Sir Denis Follows,
1980 Moscow Olympics. The BOA had come under government pressure to withdraw the team in protest at the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
. Follows led the party to Moscow as Team Commandant.
Follows was educated at the universities of
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 1967 New Year Honours,[4] and knighted in the 1978 Birthday Honours for services to sport.[1][5]
In January 1970, while serving as the FA secretary, Follows wrote to the Women's Football Association (WFA) to inform them that the 1921 ban on women's football had been rescinded.[6] He was later appointed an honorary life vice president of the WFA.
References
- ^ a b "Sir Denis Follows. Notable services to sport". The Times. 19 September 1983. p. 16.
- ^ Lee Elliot Major (6 March 2002). "Leading the protest". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 December 2009.
- ^ British Empire: "No. 38929". The London Gazette (Supplement). 2 June 1950. p. 2791.
- ^ United Kingdom list: "No. 44210". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 December 1966. p. 10.
- ^ UK list:"No. 47549". The London Gazette (Supplement). 2 June 1978. p. 6229.
- ^ Lopez 1997, p. 57
Bibliography
- ISBN 1857270169.
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