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Saturday Sporting Icon - Richard Seaman

  Welcome to Saturday\"s Sporting Icon!  Every Saturday, this page will showcase some of history\"s most unappreciated sports superstars. From the winding streets of Monaco to the NBA hardcourt, I think it\"s time to shed some light on the greatness of some of the world\"s least treasured icons. February 21st - Richard Seaman  In the pre-war era of the late 1930s, motorsport was seen in two contrasting lights. In Britain, motor racing was a hobby for the rich and a pleasant past time that looked more like a weekend at the Royal Ascot. On the other hand, Nazi Germany had turned motorsport into a tool for national propaganda, taking the opportunity to display Germany\"s might and technological dominance around Europe. However, there was only one man that ever got to experience both sides of this political battle and at the time, was Britain\"s most successful racing driver; Richard Seaman.  Seaman was born in 1913 into a British family of wealth and made cle...