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Chambers, John Graham 1843-83
English sportsman

A champion walker and oarsman, he founded the Amateur Athletic Club in 1866 and drew up the rules for amateur athletic competitions. In 1867 he drew up the rules for boxing promulgated under the aegis of the 8th Marquis of Queensberry, which are still known as the Queensberry Rules.