Don McFarlane (athlete, born 1931)
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| Born | June 10, 1931 Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
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| Sport | Sprinter |
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James Donald McFarlane (born June 10, 1931) is a Canadian former sprinter.
Life
[edit]McFarlane attended McMaster University where he won the 100 and 220 yard races in all four years. McFarlane established a new record of 9.9 seconds in the 100 yd. sprint during the Senior Intercollegiate Championship in 1951. He also competed as a member of the Hamilton Olympic Club and won several junior and senior Canadian Championships.
Highlights
[edit]- 1948 M.M. Robinson Athletic Scholarship Medal Awarded to BCHS Athlete of Year
- 1951 Hec Philips Memorial Trophy – Awarded to the Most Outstanding Performance in the Senior Intercollegiate Track and Field Championships
- 1952 and 1954 Awarded the Trophy as the Most Outstanding Athlete in the Hamilton Olympic Club
- 1954 Silver Medal – 100 yard Sprint – British Empire Games – Vancouver, BC
- 1954 Gold Medal – 4X100 yard Relay – British Empire Games – Vancouver, BC
- 1974 Awarded a Provincial Sport Citation by the Province of Ontario
- 1991 Inducted into the McMaster University Sports Hall of Fame
- 2011 Inducted into the Burlington Sports Hall of Fame
References
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Categories:
- 1931 births
- Living people
- Track and field athletes from Toronto
- Canadian male sprinters
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1952 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
- Olympic track and field athletes for Canada
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Canada
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Canada
- Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics
- McMaster University alumni
- Medallists at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
- Canadian Track and Field Championships winners
- 20th-century Canadian sportsmen