[FGZstar] Royalty? - NO *a little stirring in the audience*

[Software] Tafkap? - NO

[Irach] God-botherer (or god)? - NO *sounds of snoring from the audience*

[FGZstar] Music Man? - NO
[GLogin] Nobility? - YES (well aristocracy, at any rate)
[CdM] Sporting Personality? - YES *a few exchanges of glances in the audience mixed with applause*

[FGZstar] Senhor do Nascimiento (etc.)? - NO

[FGZstar] Died in Munich? - NO
[irach] True Brit? - NO

[Software] The Noob? - NO
To clarify: the audience reaction to the 'Sporting Personality' question needs to be borne in mind. I wasn't sure whether to answer yes or no to that question. Pele and the Nawab of Pataudi would definitely be Sporting Personalities.

[FGZstar] Still warm? - NO

[FGZstar] Died in last 50 years? - NO

[CdM] Chess player? - NO, mate.
[irach] Yank? - NO
[FGZstar] Any of several thousand cricketers with a 'P' somewhere in the name? - NO (remember I said you wouldn't need the 'P' to get the answer - since I'm not going to insist you match the words on the card exactly)
[Juxtapose] Died young? - NO
A small clue in the form of a clarification: if CdM's question had been 'Sportsman?', the answer would have been 'NO'.

[CdM] Bill McLaren etc? NO (He would probably have said YES in the very broadest sense, but that's not why he's known)

[FGZstar] Member/President of sporting organisation? - YES *Applause* You could quibble with the exact description but it's absolutely in the right area.

[Rosie] Nice guess. I think you're right. At least it does seem to fit all the answers.

[Rosie] Correct! the words on the card are Pierre Frédy, Baron de Coubertin

One baton in the shape of a laurel wreath passed on.

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Bit of a lurker's easy victory, given the clues. It had to be Coubertin, or possibly Jules Rimet.

Right - this one is essentially ABSTRACT.