John Fitzpatrick (athlete)

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Johnny Fitzpatrick
Career information
Date of birth:	March 21, 1907
Place of birth:	Hamilton, Ontario
Height:	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Weight:	132 lb (60 kg)
Organizations
As player:
1926 & 1928	Hamilton Tigers
Career highlights and awards
Honors:	Grey Cup champion - 1928

John Fitzpatrick
Medal record

Men's Athletics
British Empire Games
Gold	1930 Hamilton	4×110 yards
Silver	1930 Hamilton	220 yards
Bronze	1930 Hamilton	100 yards

John Fitzpatrick (John Richardson "Johnny" Fitzpatrick; born March 21, 1907, date of death unknown) was a Canadian athlete who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics.

He was born in Hamilton, Ontario.

In 1928 he finished fifth the 200 metres event. In the 100 metres competition he was eliminated in the semi-finals. He was also a member of the Canadian relay team which was disqualified in the final of the 4×100 metres contest.

At the 1930 Empire Games he won the silver medal in the 200 yards event and the bronze medal in the 100 yards. With the Canadian relay team he won the gold medal in the 4×110 yards contest.

Fitzpatrick raced out of the Hamilton Olympic Club.^[1] He also played senior Canadian football for the Hamilton Tigers for two seasons, 1926 and 1928, winning the Grey Cup^[2]^[3]

References

↑ 50-YARD MARK TIED BY PERCY WILLIAMS MONTREAL, Quebec, April 15 (Canadian Press)
↑ Fitzpatrick Hangs Up Spiked Shoes Vancouver Sun, May 14, 1932: Page 10
↑ Hamilton Tiger-Cats Alumni association - Hamilton Tigers All-Time Roster

External links

sports-reference.com

v t e Hamilton Tigers 16th Grey Cup Champions

Manager: Len Black Head coach: Mike Rodden Bert Gibb Brian Timmis Glen Small Johnny Baker Johnny Fitzpatrick Huck Welch Eddie Wright Ed Crawford Alfred "Cap" Fear Pep Leadlay Harold Elford Jack Murphy Ernie Cox Bruce Inksetter Alex Denman Fred Veale Jimmie Simpson Tommy Chapple Ken Walker Ray Boadway Gordon French W.R. Tope Jimmy Buels

v t e Commonwealth Champions in Men's 4x100 metres

1930 – 1966: 4×110 yards 1966 – present: 4×100 metres

1930: Canada (Jim Brown, Fitzpatrick, Miller, Adams) 1934: England (Sweeney, Davis, Saunders, Rangeley) 1938: Canada (Jack Brown, Loaring, O'Connor, Haley) 1950: Australia (Gordon, Johnson, Treloar, de Gruchy) 1954: Canada (Stonehouse, Springbett, Nelson, McFarlane) 1958: England (Breaker, Segal, Sandstrom, Radford) 1962: England (Meakin, Jones, Carter, Radford) 1966: Ghana (Mends, E. Addy, J. Addy, Allotey) 1970: Jamaica (Lawson, Quarrie, Stewart, Miller) 1974: Australia (Ratcliffe, Haskell, Lewis, D'Arcy) 1978: Scotland (Wells, McMaster, Jenkins, Sharp) 1982: Nigeria (Eseme, Adeyanju, Adegbeingbe, Oyeledun) 1986: Canada (McKoy, Mahorn, Williams, Johnson) 1990: England (Jarrett, Regis, Christie, Adam, Callender) 1994: Canada (Surin, Chambers, Bailey, Gilbert) 1998: England (Chambers, Devonish, Golding, Campbell, Gardener) 2002: England (Gardener, Devonish, Condon, Campbell) 2006: Jamaica (Frater, Waugh, Williams, Powell, Smith) 2010: England (Scott, Baptiste, Devonish, Lewis-Francis)

Persondata
Name	Fitzpatrick, John
Alternative names	Fitzpatrick, John Richardson; Fitzpatrick, Johnny
Short description	Canadian sprinter
Date of birth	March 21, 1907
Place of birth
Date of death
Place of death

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