Fred Starkey

Frederick John Starkey (20 February 1911 – 27 January 2001) was a British amateur athlete who in 1947 represented England at basketball and gymnastics. At the age of 28 he was the model for a sculpture of the Greek god Apollo by William Bloye, which stands in Coronation Gardens, Ednam Road, Dudley.^[1]

Starkey modelled for this statue of Apollo

Fred Starkey
Full name	Frederick John Starkey
Born	(1911-02-20)20 February 1911 Hay Mills, Birmingham, England
Died	27 January 2001(2001-01-27) (aged 89) Sherborne, Dorset, England
Gymnastics career
Discipline	Men's artistic gymnastics
Country represented	England

Starkey was born in George Avenue, Hay Mills, Birmingham. In later life he worked as a probation officer in Birmingham.^[1] He died in Sherborne, Dorset, aged 89.^[2]