Desmond T. Burke

Desmond T. Burke (December 5, 1904 – April 11, 1973) was a Canadian marksman who is the youngest ever to win The King's Prize at the Bisley shooting competitions.[1]

Born in Ottawa, Ontario,[2], Burke attended Lisgar Collegiate Institute where he was a member of the school's cadet corps.[3] The year after graduating from high school, he won The King's Prize at the age of twenty, the youngest person to do so.[4] Burke would go on to win fourteen victories and eleven second-place finishes in his career. For these accomplishments, he was inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame in 1972.[2]

References

  1. ^ Barclay, Foster (1947-08-16). "Major Desmond Burke Wins Gov.-General's". Ottawa Citizen. http://news.google.ca/newspapers?id=dwIvAAAAIBAJ&sjid=LtwFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4195,3328063. Retrieved 12 May 2010. 
  2. ^ a b "Dr. Desmond Burke". Canada Sports Hall of Fame. http://www.sportshall.ca/accessible/hm_profile.php?i=416. Retrieved 12 May 2010. 
  3. ^ Vox Lycei 1924-1925. Lisgar Collegiate Institute. Lisgar Alumni Association. pp. 32–33. http://books.google.ca/books?id=yDGF9MmWYrkC&pg=PA32. Retrieved 2010-05-12. 
  4. ^ Foster, R.M.. "Famous Rifle Marksmen of the Regiment". Governor General's Foot Guards. http://www.footguards.ca/qmedal.htm. Retrieved 12 May 2010. 

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