Britain's University Athletics -- Lord Burleigh demonstrating to an audience of young men in Battersea Park, London. Lord Burleigh as now Governor of the Bermudas. Cambridge University has, in its day, produced same of the finest athletes in Great Britain. This is ***** due to the fact that in Alee Nelson, who died ***** coach. Nelson's pupils provided a striking example of the value of professional coaching to develop the abilities of a natural athlete. July 2, 1950. (Photo by British Council Press Department).