Badass Week: The Heroic Death of Chariots of Fire's Eric Liddell
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Imagine you dedicated your adult life to helping those less fortunate than yourself -that you spent your entire adult life trying to make the world a better place, and when you died (after sacrificing your own life for someone else’s) all most people remembered about you was that you once ran really fast… You’d be pretty annoyed right? Well that’s what happened to Eric Liddell. Although, as you’ll see, he probably wouldn’t have minded.
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its nice to see my g.g. grand father being shown such love
Nic Liddell - He has been my spiritual hero for 40yrs.
My utmost respect to you and your family. The legend lives on.
Your G. G. Grandfather deserves all the love and respect he gets. He was the closest thing to a living saint we ever got.
Very cool! He's one that I feel is part of my family's culture. His example of integrity is timeless.
A hero in every sense of the word. I wish I could be half the man he was
To be honest, I've never watched the movie or knew anything about Liddell. A man like that is an inspiration to me since what he did with his life overall had very little to do with his legs and all to do with his heart. I really need to read up on him. Thank you very much for sharing his story... And yes, you are right, he was most definitely a badass.
jaspr1999 read Janet and Geoff Benge's "Eric Liddell: Something Greater Than Gold. "
J.C. Cosip - Cool! Thank you, I'll check it out.
jaspr1999 I don't know, for most of the video I would have agreed, but with a wife and children not going home and giving his place seems very selfish. As it is God doesn't reward going out of ones way to be a Martyr and isn't it unfair to his family who needed their father? My dad never had his and by proxy mine was little in the way of a parent, so I'm just saying in my experience and opinion the man selfishly gave his place knowing he was on deaths doorstep.
@Cykablyat I am wondering, if he knew he was at death's door, which is very likely, from his perspective he would have been more of a burden and a horrible memory for his wife and children to see him malnourished and die of a brain tumor among other things. If the young lady with an unborn child were not released, they both would have died. Imagined being malnourished and trying to have a baby and then be unable to breastfeed and watching your own baby starve to death IF the mother would have survived at all, which is unlikely without proper medical care. How could it be selfish for a man who is about to die to refuse freedom that would not have saved him anyway in order to give a young lady and a baby (who obviously had a father and possibly siblings waiting for them too) a chance to live in freedom? It is easy to think about Liddell's daughters and wish they had their father, but careful not to let your own experiences cause bitterness when a man puts confidence in his wife's ability to raise his daughters without him in order to save the life of two people. It's a different situation. His daughters were fine, the baby and young lady would have died.
Cyjablyat I don't think he was deliberately trying to become a martyr and while it would have been great to have been able to give his family peace of mind, I do not think that could possibly be more important than making the sacrifice he did and in doing so almost certainly saved the life of a young woman and her unborn child. I am surprised that you could even think of that as being a selfish act as Japanese prisoner of war camps were well known for being like hell on earth.
When I was young I used to go to church with a woman who was (as a child) in the same internment camp as Eric Liddle (I only knew her as Miss Smith). She rarely talked about her experiences during the war, but when the film Chariots of fire came out, many of our congregation obviously wanted to know much more about her time with Liddle.
Being a child she didn't know Liddle that well, but a did tell us about how he made the situation so much more bearable for people there.
I remember hearing on a show about Liddell that he taught the children in the camps not to hate their enemies. The Japanese were brutal when it came to the handling of prisoners and for him to keep this aspect of his faith when others would find it difficult if not impossible then he is truly a great man.
schizoidboy - Well said! I have trouble not hating the guy that cut me off on the freeway, let alone loving the guy that just beat to death my friend because he smiled. Liddell had a huge heart for everyone.
I also have difficulty in forgiving myself, that's why I find him so admirable, and that's true strength especially of spirit.
I had a pastor who used Eric Liddell as an example in sermons all the time. The pastor really admired him...but I still had not head all of this. Well done.
Sometimes, a person so great doesn't mind to be low-profiled.
Thank you for this stunning bio with more details than I've ever heard about Eric Liddell! This is, by far, my favorite video from you, and I surely take my hat off! In a world of pampered athletes (focused on profit and, or some kind of asinine cause), knowing someone like Eric existed is beyond a proverbial breath of fresh air! The opening scene from Chariots of Fire features the headmasters imploring the youth to find their great chance (or calling) in life, then pursue it with all the gusto they could muster. I think of Eric Liddell in the closing scene, when the then elderly, surviving Olympians celebrate past victories, with one saying, "He did it!". Eric Liddell found the reason for which Christ put him on this earth, and he lived it out to the fullest!
Perfect! Thanks for this great Christian whom I have admired for nearly 40 years. Thanks you!
I really enjoyed that video. I had no idea Liddell was such an amazing person. Thank you for posting this video.
I love the Chariots movie. Thank you for filling out this great story.
What good fortune to have this come out yesterday. Just last week, I went to the Scots Kirk here in Paris to see where Liddell came to preach and speak on that Sunday that he wouldn't run in the 1924 Olympics. Keep in mind that I'm an atheist to the core, but his story is such an inspiration that I couldn't help but go and see it and pay my respects, to to speak. :) The priest in charge of the place talked to me and even gave me a book called "The Tartan Pimpernel" about another hero of the Second World War. The priest in charge of the Scots Kirk at that time risked his life to save many allies and was captured eventually by the SS and tortured, but was released in the end. He came back to serve the same church again after the fact. His name was Donald Caskie.
Hello Nathaniel Harari after your visit, are you still an atheist?
The world needs more stories and histories that inspire. More today than yesterday that's for sure. Thanks Simon I didn't know the rest of this story.
It's interesting what our collective culture remembers. This guy had an amazing life, and now all we remember is " This dude was fast."
Now there's a man I can thoroughly respect, thank you for this, I'm glad I chose to watch, a true badass.
There is a short biopic on Liddell in Eric Metaxas' book 7 Men. I highly recommend it. It goes more into Eric's life and his challenges. Good read.
I think for anyone who wants to be "successful" in life they need to look at his story and realize that there is more to success than just winning the race... being nice to your fellow human can bring so much more pleasure than chasing down another trophy! I remember hearing his story as a kid and folks like him really turn our notion of how we view things on our head. Regardless of what you believe in there is something to be said for a man with character and courage like him!
I've heard of the film, but I've never really watched it. This Eric Liddell I shall add to my list of historical figures I admire!
I recommend watching the movie. His portrayal of a Christian is the best I have ever seen on film. Usually Christians are portrayed poorly in movies. This is one of the few that shows Christianity in a good light.
Christians portray themselves pretty poorly IRL in all fairness.
@@entheo302 unfortunately a lot of people who call themselves Christians are not really true believers and are what we call nominal Christians (Christians in all but name) which is a very sad thing.
Wonderful movie , a good Godly man I much admire.
This was a wonderful vid. Thank you for the extra knowledge of a another Great Man.
I never heard about this history and it is inspiring! Praise God that you decided to share about it! Thank You!
Thank you for sharing your amazing video, God bless you and your family
I love this one it is very inspiring. Keep up the great work guys :)
Thank you so much for posting!
Awesome content, its always good to remember good examples to inspire even a little bit of greatness.
Wow! Thanks for this. Glad I watched!
Thank you so much for this informative video. He continues to be an inspiration and example to those of us who share his faith.
What an inspiring story! Thanks.
Thank you. From now on, Liddell will be remembered wherever I go 🙏
Thanks for bringing this extraordinary human to light. I've heard of the movie but not of the more inspirational back story.
Thank you for this, I knew about his missionary work & his imprisonment.
Thanks for the video as a former Runner many years ago watching Chariots of Fire was a great movie-- one of my favorites .but it inspired me to look further into the life of Eric Liddle .So in effect the movie did do him a service.
What an extraordinary man. He's one of the few who, the more we learn about them, the better they look.
Didn't know anything about Eric Liddle/ until my senior year in college in 1984, when the movie came out. Love the end when he refuses to run the 100 meters / then runs the 400 meter final that he really never trained for/ wasn't his best event; AND wins the 400 meter final in world record time; What a story
Hello Simon, I have enjoyed all your channels for some time but I have never commented. As a child and in high school I was a track and cross country runner, even tops in my state of SC in the USA. My favorite childhood movie was Chariots of Fire, I was excited to learn more about Liddell in this video. Thank you.
Inspirational. This is one of your best. Thanks
Thank you for doing a video on a "badass" who did amazing things for the benefit of people around him, and not someone who is just known for being a successful athlete or combatant. We have plenty of those stories; it's good to see recognition given to people who simply try to help others.
Great information. Thank you. R.I.P. Eric & Ian Charleson.
never heard of this guy glad you made a video about him
Jeez, why on earth was a film about him only about the Paris Olympics? It seems the rest of his life was so much more significant.
Hollywood values...
I believe at the end of the film there is a follow-up about what happened to Liddell. I think the movie did a good job of representing his character, though.
"What the world needs now is a muscular Christian... to make them stand up and take notice." --- Chariots of Fire
Because he didn't set the world record for being a nice person? Also, likely because that that last chapter of his life didn't exactly have a happy ending. I can guarantee you, if he'd made it home, THAT would have been the movie. I mean... it worked for Unbroken.
ccggenius12 - Liddel was an amazing man. The video missed a pretty amazing bit of truth. About his 400 meter run of 47.6 seconds. Eric’s track time at the 1924 Olympic Games wasn’t just a “record”, it was a lasting record that wasn’t bested until 8yrs later at the 1932 Olympic Games in Los Angeles by Bill Carr of 46.2 seconds (European record stood til the 1936 Games in Berlin). Most running records like that stand for a season, maybe two seasons until the next young man comes along. That wasn’t the case here, this man was wicked fast! But ironically not a wicked person... lol
Thanks for sharing this about one of my heroes.
"So where does the power come from to see the race to its end? From within." -- Eric liddell, Chariots of Fire
Great video!
amazing what a man
Really great stuff!
I been bingeing this channel on my phone. No ad skips, woot.
Thanks for another informative video review
Thanks again!
The best video you've done!
thank you
There is another film about Eric Liddell which is actually about his life in China....I just sadly cannot remember the title of that film....I watched it interestingly enough on an Emirates flight...it was wonderful and very inspirational...I was so encouraged by his humble and deeply loving and kind spirit...a true Man of God....I used to live and work in China.... 16 years on the Tibetan field...so it was so very special to actually watch another film covering this wonderful man's life's work in China...and what a blessing he was also to the Chinese people who I have heard speak very highly of him. Yes I had watched Chariots of Fire some years before...and now have a book on my shelf about this wonderful man and his work for the Lord that he did achieve inside China. May his descendants be truly blessed by God and may there be more who will follow in His footsteps...a truly Great and Honourable man indeed...an example to us all....Thank you for Sharing this...Thank you Jesus...for the life of Eric Liddell.
I met a woman who was a child in the camp with Liddell. She said he was the best man in the camp.
So far I say this is the best of the badasses......how about doing a story on Maximilian Kobe
Charles Miller Yaas, I was just thinking the same thing!
Brilliant! Cheers...
What a lovely man
I wish society would honour and see as role models people such as this and some of the other tireless workers for the community out there, rather than wealthy sportspeople and vacuous celebrities
Thank you for this film. I find most of your films worthwhile. I wish I could help support you via patron but, I live on scraps as it is. I know you guys must need the help...your elbow patches scream 'help me'. Nah, sorry the last bit was just stupid fun!
I am obsessed with the movie. It's one of my all-time favorites in fact. I didn't discover it until I was 21 or so when I checked it out from the library solely because I loved loved loved the theme song, which I'd heard as a very small child and didn't know until I was an adult where it came from. Then I watched it about a dozen times in the short time I had it from the library. My roommate didn't get it, and my husband now doesn't get it, they think it's boring as fuck, and I don't generally like sports of any kind. I can't really explain it lol. I even wrote a paper on Liddell in college.
I saw this film when it first came out and have loved it ever since, in spite of being an atheist and having practically zero interest in sport. I think it should appeal to anyone who tries to live a decent life, with or without religion.
I saw this film in'82. Liddell's preaching of Isaiah stuck in my heart. In '84 I became a BORN AGAIN CHRISTIAN by God's grace alone (Ephesians 2.8--9).
worthy of viral.
My only regret is that I have but one thumbs up to give to you for this truly excellent video.
How to be a bad-ass while killing 0 people
A true hero of the people and of the faith. Believe it or not listening to you tell his story has helped me to reflect on my own faith and walk with God, I must raise the bar as Eric did.. Eric Liddell was on fire for God and ran that race until the very end, great story and thank you Simon.
"... and when he died
All Scotland mourned..."
Do the story of Desmond Doss please. Love your videos!
Oscar Harvey the badass who never held a gun
Yes him he only held a grenade to pass it to another guy :)
Oscar Harvey still doesn't count as a gun so we're good :)
I know.
Kameron Jones - He did hold a gun though, while under fire on Okinawa he held a gun to use it as a handle to drag a wounded man out of the line of fire. Though he never held a gun in “anger”.
Great video
Well done!
Honestly this is the first time I’m hearing about Eric Liddell, and I’m pissed off both at myself and the scarcity of info on such a human being
i'm speechless
Wonderful human being, indeed.
Inspirational!
To learn about Liddell in the internment cap there is the book Shantung Compound by Langdown Gilkey (a fellow internee). You will find it fascinating and worth reading more than once.
The definition of a true Hero.
Wow. That's pretty cool. Not the tragedy of it, but the dude. This guy should be spoken of as a world hero
The actor who played him in Chariots of Fire, Ian Charleston also had a remarkable death. Replacing Daniel Day Lewis as Hamlet after Lewis had a break down. Only problems being was that Charleston was dying of aids. He carried on playing the mammoth part up to a few days before his death. Apparently the pause between "To be or....... not to be" grew longer and longer up till the end.
Inspiring.
Eric Liddell Rocks!!!
Indeed one of greatest men in history.
he also played international Rugby but retired after 7 tests (although he did score 4 tries)
I highly reccomend "The Disciplines of the Christian Life" by Eric Liddell. I have heard doubts about the validity of the pregnant woman story, but if true I am glad everyone agrees he saved the *life* of the unborn child.
All I can say is wow
The good ones always go down shining.
Simon, thank you for this. EL was a hero of mine growing up. I went to a Christian school in Georgia (USA) and his heroics were often discussed. I too am fascinated (and disgusted) by our cultures obsession with entertainment. The only things I admire about sport is the work ethic that can be developed and the over all meritocracy that it fosters. That said, there is so much more productive work that needs to be done than telling jokes, arbitrary competition, and titillation. Thank you for teaching us about so many awesome people who have done so much for us. I was especially grateful to learn of the heroic Russian submariner (I'm afraid of misspelling his name). Thank you and I will continue watching.9
It's good to keep our modern saints in mind. There are so few of them.
1 DISLIKE, WHERE IS HE LET ME AT EM
Saint Liddel... nothing less.
I haven't seen the movie in years but remember really enjoying it! Little did I know that the real person was a FAR better man than in the film! Usually it's the other way around!
I love the story of Eric Liddel thanks to Torchlighter series.
Chariots of Fire-My favorite part in the movie is when he is talking to a bunch of people while standing in the rain.. Comparing his faith to running in a race. That is HARD. That having FAITH when it HARD. Pushing through even when everything in your body wants to freeze up and stop running. That our Will is stronger then our bodies or Will is more POWERFUL then your Mind. He stood by God. Always.
Can you do a video on the most heavily decorated soldier from the Vietnam war... also i know you’ve done some of these folks already but what about a series on this title holder from each/every war
Truly an inspiring life. Tho I don't share LIddell's religious beliefs, I admire his humanitarianism. Simon''s comment on the superficiality or athletic achievements by comparison is, of course, right on.
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Faith can move a mountain, or a human heart.
I feel like such of pile of garbage after hearing about this guy.
Onerouss it's because you ARE garbage, Garbage
Well, you aren't dead yet, so fix yourself.
That's bullshit. He never even wanted to be known, and his remembrance shouldn't cause guilt. It should bring inspiration for what the most altruistic of us are capable of. Also, a brain tumor can possibly cause altruism.
And yet that is the absolute last thing he'd have wanted. He'd want you to see it as a chance to be the best you can be, and to never help yourself when you can help others :)
I have lived my whole life the younger and far less talented brother of a geniune genius. If there's one thing I've learned, it's this. Never allow yourself to be plagued with doubt looking at a person far more capable than yourself, be it courage, creativity, compassion, or any other skill that exceeds your own. Instead, focus on what you can do, and let their example be a guide to follow in moments of adversity. Be the best version of yourself you can be, and all else will follow.
perhaps the irony is that both Liddel and the actor who played him Ian Charleson both died young.
I was not aware of his background or his work in China. Bravo TIFO!
A true Rambo without a need for a gun...Awesome!
'God made me for a purpose, but he also made me fast...and when I run, I feel his pleasure.". Liddel ran for God, for God's purpose, his whole life, right up to his death. And I'm sure he felt God's pleasure at that moment too.
You should make a "TopTenz" on the Top 10 best "Today I found out" videos. I think this one could be number one.
Such generosity is seldom seen. I do feel sadnes for his choice to decline returning to his own family in a way though.