Athletes at the 1950 British Empire Games - Marjorie Jackson, Shirley Strickland, Colin Kay, Donald Finlay, John Winter, Peter Henderson (Paperback)


Chapters: Marjorie Jackson, Shirley Strickland, Colin Kay, Donald Finlay, John Winter, Peter Henderson, Bevan Hough, Stan Lay, Jack Holden, Dorothy Tyler-Odam, John Holland, John Treloar, Maurice Marshall, Tom Lavery, Harold Nelson, Don Jowett, Brian Oliver, Josiah Majekodunmi, Duncan Clark, Merv Richards, Clem Parker, James Leckie, Dave Batten, Arthur Eustace, Keith Beardsley, Derek Stewart, Jack Sutherland, Cleone Rivett-Carnac, Noeline Swinton, June Schoch, John Clarke, Ruth Dowman, Shirley Hardman, Doris Parker, Lesley Rowe, Janet Shackleton, Noel Taylor, Dave Dephoff. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 95. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Statue of Shirley Strickland outsidethe Melbourne Cricket Ground Shirley Barbara Strickland AO, MBE (18 July 1925 11 February 2004), later Shirley de la Hunty, was an Australian athlete. She won more Olympic medals than any other Australian in running sports. Shirley was the only daughter, the second of five children. She grew up on the family farm east of the wheatbelt town of Pithara, Western Australia. Her father, Dave Strickland, had been a Victorian goldfields worker and also an athlete. He was unable to compete in the 1900 Summer Olympics because he lacked the money for a trip to Paris. Instead, in 1900, he directed his efforts to the Stawell Gift 130-yard (120-m) foot-race, winning in 12 seconds off a handicap of 10 yards. His performance was considered to be as good as Stanley Rowley's times, which won the Australian amateur sprint titles that season. Rowley went on to win two bronze medals in the sprints at the 1900 Paris Olympics. He subsequently went on to play one senior game of Australian Rules football with Melbourne VFL team St Kilda in 1900. Shirley Strickland's early education was by correspondence, but she later attended North...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=40918

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Chapters: Marjorie Jackson, Shirley Strickland, Colin Kay, Donald Finlay, John Winter, Peter Henderson, Bevan Hough, Stan Lay, Jack Holden, Dorothy Tyler-Odam, John Holland, John Treloar, Maurice Marshall, Tom Lavery, Harold Nelson, Don Jowett, Brian Oliver, Josiah Majekodunmi, Duncan Clark, Merv Richards, Clem Parker, James Leckie, Dave Batten, Arthur Eustace, Keith Beardsley, Derek Stewart, Jack Sutherland, Cleone Rivett-Carnac, Noeline Swinton, June Schoch, John Clarke, Ruth Dowman, Shirley Hardman, Doris Parker, Lesley Rowe, Janet Shackleton, Noel Taylor, Dave Dephoff. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 95. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Statue of Shirley Strickland outsidethe Melbourne Cricket Ground Shirley Barbara Strickland AO, MBE (18 July 1925 11 February 2004), later Shirley de la Hunty, was an Australian athlete. She won more Olympic medals than any other Australian in running sports. Shirley was the only daughter, the second of five children. She grew up on the family farm east of the wheatbelt town of Pithara, Western Australia. Her father, Dave Strickland, had been a Victorian goldfields worker and also an athlete. He was unable to compete in the 1900 Summer Olympics because he lacked the money for a trip to Paris. Instead, in 1900, he directed his efforts to the Stawell Gift 130-yard (120-m) foot-race, winning in 12 seconds off a handicap of 10 yards. His performance was considered to be as good as Stanley Rowley's times, which won the Australian amateur sprint titles that season. Rowley went on to win two bronze medals in the sprints at the 1900 Paris Olympics. He subsequently went on to play one senior game of Australian Rules football with Melbourne VFL team St Kilda in 1900. Shirley Strickland's early education was by correspondence, but she later attended North...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=40918

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September 2010

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96

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978-1-155-90261-6

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9781155902616

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