Duncan McNaughton
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Born | December 7, 1910 Cornwall, Ontario, Canada | |||||||||||
Died | January 15, 1998 Austin, Texas, US | (aged 87)|||||||||||
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Duncan Anderson McNaughton (December 7, 1910 – January 15, 1998) was a
Biography
McNaughton was born in Cornwall, Ontario, and grew up in Vancouver, British Columbia. At the 1930 British Empire Games he finished fourth in the high jump event. He competed for Canada in the 1932 Summer Olympics, held in Los Angeles, United States, in the high jump where he won the gold medal.[1] Bob Van Osdel, who took home the silver medal, was a close friend and teammate from the University of Southern California. Van Osdel helped coach McNaughton to his win during the final minutes of the competition. Later, in 1933 when McNaughton's medal was stolen from his car, Van Osdel—then a dentist—made a replica to replace it with a cast of his silver medal. The men remained friends until Van Osdel's death in 1987; McNaughton stayed in contact with his widow until his death in 1998.
McNaughton studied geology at the
McNaughton died at his home in Austin, Texas in 1998.[2]
Honors
McNaughton was inducted into the Canada's Sports Hall of Fame in 1955.[1] An annual grant is awarded in his name to a graduate student by the American Association of Petroleum Geologists.[2]
References
- ^ a b c "Duncan McNaughton". Canada's Sports Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 2016-08-28. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
- ^ a b c "Duncan A McNaughton Memorial Grant". American Association of Petroleum Geologists. Archived from the original on 2014-10-03. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
External links
- Duncan McNaughton at Olympics.com
- Duncan McNaughton at Olympedia
- Duncan McNaughton at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
- Duncan McNaughton at the British Columbia Sports Hall of Fame
- Duncan McNaughton at Canada's Sports Hall of Fame