Editing Plaistow, Newham (section)

===Sports===
Multi-times Olympic athlete [[Fred Alsop]] was born in Plaistow in 1938.

England international footballers [[Sol Campbell]], [[Tony Cottee]], [[Rob Lee]] and [[Martin Peters]] were born in Plaistow.

England international speedway rider [[Reg Fearman]] was from Plaistow. He managed England and Great Britain national teams, and was also Chairman of the [[British Speedway Promoters' Association]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://speedwayplus.brinkster.net/RegReply.shtml | title=Reg Fearman : Right of Reply | publisher=Speedway Plus | date=12 January 2006 | access-date=2 February 2013}}</ref>

[[Edward Temme]], born in Plaistow, was a member of the British Olympic Water Polo teams of 1928 and 1936 and was the first man to swim the [[English Channel]] in both directions.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/te/edward-temme-1.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418003413/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/te/edward-temme-1.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=18 April 2020 | title=Edward Temme | publisher=Sports Reference LLC | access-date=20 October 2012}}</ref>  He is reputed to have swum non-stop in both directions and to have achieved this feat twice.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.echo-news.co.uk/echofeatures/memories/3781680.Champion_channel_swimmer_Edward_Temme_trained_in_Leigh_Creek/ | title=Feats of an almost-forgotten hero | publisher=Newsquest (Essex) Ltd | date=22 October 2008 | access-date=20 October 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081208065829/http://www.echo-news.co.uk/echofeatures/memories/3781680.Champion_channel_swimmer_Edward_Temme_trained_in_Leigh_Creek/ | archive-date=8 December 2008 | url-status=dead | df=dmy-all }}</ref>