How to Pronounce Anthony Joseph Drexel Biddle Sr.
#50
Most Popular
Boost
Oct 01, 1874 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Died on 27 May 1948 (aged 73)
American philanthropist
LibraAnthony Joseph Drexel Biddle Sr. - Place of Birth, Date of Birth, Age, Wiki, Facts, Net Worth, Birthday, Biography and Family
Anthony Joseph Drexel Biddle Sr., Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Family, Facts, Age, Net Worth, Biography and More in FamedBorn.com
About Anthony Joseph Drexel Biddle Sr.
- Anthony Joseph Drexel Biddle I (1874–1948) was an eccentric 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 play and film The Happiest Millionaire were based.
- He trained men in hand-to-hand combat in both World War I and World War II, was a fellow of the American Geographical Society and founded a movement called "Athletic Christianity" that eventually attracted 300,000 members around the world.
- A 1955 Sports Illustrated 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."
