Howard Toyne was a pioneer of sports medicine in Australia. He was born in Dandenong, Victoria, Australia on 10 November 1920, the son of Albert Toyne, a meat inspector, and Marion Crozet Toyne née Marsh, a housewife and the daughter of a station master. He attended the University High School in Mel

Robert Wilson 'Bob' Jackson was a pioneer of arthroscopy in North America. He was born in Toronto in 1932 of Scottish parents. He attended the University of Toronto Schools and qualified as a doctor with the University of Toronto MD in 1956. An outstanding athlete as a student, he played Canadian fo

John Egan Moulton was born in Molong, NSW in 1930, moved to Cootamundra with his mother and father and brother Bill, and then onto Broken Hill. He moved to Sydney to finish his schooling at Newington, becoming the 4th generation Moulton to be at the school. John played both rugby and cricket - sport

David Markham was an orthopaedic surgeon at Manchester Royal Infirmary. He was born in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire on 2 May 1936, the son of Eric, an accountant, and Betsy, a housewife. At the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939, David's father was turned down for active service because of a long-

James Patrick Sidney England, known as Patrick, was an orthopaedic and trauma surgeon at the North Middlesex and Hammersmith hospitals in London. He was born on 5 May 1930 in London to Herbert Reginald England and Violet May England née King, the eldest of four children. His father was a consultant

Geoffrey Joseph Bendeich was a consultant orthopaedic surgeon at the Royal Brisbane Hospital, Queensland, Australia. He was born on 30 December 1928, the son of Joseph and Elizabeth Bendeich and attended the Anglican Church Grammar School in Brisbane, where he played rugby in the first 15. He studie