Subject(s): John Hulley Sport: Gymnastics Location: Coburg Wharf, Liverpool Unveiled: 14/6/2019 Sculptor: Tom Murphy Material: Bronze Status: In Situ Inscription(s): Plaque 1:John Hulley. 1832-1875. Liverpool's First Olympian, self-styled the Gymnasiarch. Unveiled by HRH The Princess Royal. 14th June 2019. Gifted by Mr Robin Baynes MBE & Mrs Brenda Baynes. Sculptor: Tom Murphy. Plaque 2: John Hulley. 1832-1875. In 1865, John Hulley chaired the first meeting of the National Olympian Association. In his Myrtle Street Gymnasium with Dr William Penny Brooks (Much Wenlock) and Ernest George Ravenstein (London). These men were known as The 'Three Founding Fathers' of the Modern day Olympics. Plaque 3: John Hulley. 1832-1875. His Motto was "Mens Sana in Corpore Sano" (A healthy mind in a healthy body). In 1867 John Hulley said 'What I desire to impress upon you is that Olympic Festivals are not the end of physical education. Physical Education, or rather it's dissemination, is the end. Olympic festivals are a means to securing that end.' John Hulley registered the first Across Mersey Swim in the Grand Liverpool Olympic Festival 1863. Plaque 4: John Hulley. 1832-1875. In 2008, Family historian, Ray Hulley, rediscovered HuIley's grave in Smithdown Road Cemetery. He led a group of enthusiasts who, with the support of the British Olympic Foundation and the International Olympic Committee were able to renovate John Hulley's grave. A rededication ceremony was held on June 14, 2009. John Hulley has been included in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, a respected work of reference on notable figures from British History. Links: Sculptor Project