But Jolly was a local hero for trying, and people celebrated his accomplishments long after.
In the south of Cornwall Tim Smit, another entrepreneur, has become a local hero.
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Local hero Geoffrey Boycott scored a memorable 100th first-class hundred in the Ashes Test of 1977.
Mark Kennedy cut the ball back inside the box and Cardiff-bred Ledley enhanced his local hero status.
Denmark's Kristian Pless enjoyed a surprise 6-3 6-1 win over local hero Nicolas Escude in their quarter-final.
Under the gaze of local hero Brian Lara's imposing house, cricket matches spring out of the dusty haze.
Local hero Dejima came for the dedication ceremony, but Kosaka was feeling skittish.
And when exactly the same thing happened early in the fifth local hero Sprott dropped his hands to complain.
But local hero Joe Ledley is out of contract in the summer and widely tipped to move to the Premier League.
They have been trying to capitalise on another issue handed them by Congress, involving a controversial local hero, Vinayak Damodar Savarkar.
Realising he was in trouble, he crashed his right glove against Burns's jaw and began a frenetic attack on the local hero.
Jones praised local hero Ledley, who has recently returned from double hip surgery, and the manner of the goal the Welsh international scored.
The extreme heat caused problems for both sides, Plunkett struck down by cramp, local hero Dhoni requiring ice packs and Prior vomiting behind the stumps.
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Between 22 and 29 April, Lucca also pays tribute to another local hero - its patron saint Zita, a 13thcentury serving maid who gave to the poor.
His baiting of the New York crowd at the 2008 US Open after a spat with local hero Andy Roddick was ill advised to say the least.
From being famous in the specialised world of surfing, and a local hero with his picture in Uncle Bill's Pancake House, Joe Wolfson became a national celebrity.
As a teenager, Son was fascinated with things American and with a local hero, Den Fujita, who methodically turned McDonald's Japan into the largest restaurant chain in a land of mom-and-pops.
Acquiring it would be an even brighter feather in his cap than Hutchison Whampoa, the concern he wrested from British control in a 1979 deal that won him praise as a local hero.
Unfortunately for Mr Estrada, there is no shortage of other matters that are far more pressing than either how to dispose of a largely unloved dictator's corpse or how to depose a local hero.
But Gilmour, who successfully staged the first boxing show in Kirkcaldy in 52 years in June with Anderson beating Ukrainian Vladimir Borovski on points, believes the Fife will respond to their 22-year-old local hero.
When the Ancient Games were revived as the Modern Olympic Games in Athens 1896, local hero Spiridon Louis won the marathon -- as he should have -- to bring his country international recognition and fame.
Maybe Fisher will become a local hero.
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Alonso's quickest lap lifted him clear of second-placed Sebastien Buemi of Toro Rosso with local hero Rubens Barrichello of Brawn GP third -- as he aims for the victory that will keep his slim world title hopes alive.
South Wales Police said that as a 10-year-old, Joshua was hailed a local hero in the local newspaper when his quick thinking helped save the life of an eight year-old girl who suffered a serious head injury after falling.
Felipe Massa, who is the worst-placed of the four drivers in the title fight, starts from his third consecutive pole position after snatching top spot from local hero Fernando Alonso by just 0.03 seconds in the dying moments of qualifying on Saturday.
The local hero pulled a couple of drives into the heavy Newcastle rough early in the back nine but he quickly got back into the groove by hitting a 320-yard drive on 13 which set up a birdie and his play during the remainder of the round was impeccable.
While local hero Padraig Harrington failed to survive the halfway cut despite improving five shots on his opening 68, and American star John Daly also went out, little-known Irishman Lowry scorched round the Baltray links in a magical 10-under-par 62 to match the lowest round ever achieved by an amateur on the European Tour, by German Sven Struver 20 years ago.
Wye ABC, which has been running for almost two years, was founded by local boxing hero Williams, who won a Lonsdale belt outright as British champion between November 2003 and June 2005, and a team of dedicated volunteers.
The victory was particularly sweet for the Scot as a highly partisan crowd cheered his transformation from local boy to national hero.
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