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Biddle as a boxer in 1909 Anthony Joseph Drexel Biddle I (1874–1948) was an millionaire whose fortune allowed him to pursue theatricals, self-published writing, athletics, and Christianity on a full-time basis. He was the man upon whom the book My Philadelphia Father and the and film were based.
He trained men in combat in both World War I and World War II, was a fellow of the and founded a movement called 'Athletic Christianity' that eventually attracted 300,000 members around the world. A 1955 article called him 'boxing's greatest amateur' as well as a 'major factor in the re-establishment of boxing as a legal and, at that time, estimable sport.' .
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Karl Schuon (1963). New York: Franklin Watts. Kyle Crichton; Cordelia Drexel Biddle (1955). My Philadelphia Father. on Further reading.; August 17, 1933 'Helen Avis Howard Engaged To Anthony J. Clinton Howard, of Atlanta, have announced the engagement of their daughter.
Miss Helen Avis Howard, to Mr. Anthony Joseph Drexel 3d, son of Mr. Anthony Joseph Drexel Jr. Of Philadelphia.' .; June 4, 1948 'Died. Colonel Anthony Joseph Drexel Biddle Sr., 73, muscular Christian, father of the wartime ambassador to the governments in exile; following a cerebral hemorrhage; in Syosset, N.Y.
He founded the Drexel Biddle Bible Classes in 1907 (their curriculum of fighting-&-praying ultimately attracted 200,000 members), taught jujitsu and dirty fighting to Marines in both World War.' .; October 14, 2004 'Nicholas Duke Biddle, 83, Scion of Wealth Who Helped the Poor. Nicholas Duke Biddle, scion of two prominent American families who helped refugees from Cuba and Caribbean, dies at age 83. Biddle was originally named Anthony Joseph Drexel Biddle III, after his father, Anthony Joseph Drexel Biddle Jr., a prominent diplomat.'
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