Peter Coe
Peter Coe | |
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Born | Percy Newbold Coe 27 September 1919 Stepney, London, England |
Died | 9 August 2008 London, England | (aged 88)
Nationality | British |
Occupations |
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Spouse |
Tina Angela Lal
(m. 1954; died 2005) |
Children | 5, including Sebastian |
Percy Newbold "Peter" Coe (27 September 1919 – 9 August 2008) was a British athletics coach, author, translator and coach of his son Sebastian Coe.
Early life and education
Coe was born Percy Newbold Coe in
Career
Coe worked in the merchant navy at the age of 19, during the Second World War, and was on a boat named the A.D. Huff that was torpedoed by the German battle cruiser Gneisenau, leaving him as one of only five survivors.[7] He was picked up by a German boat, and was made to work in the kitchens, because he spoke fluent German.[7] He was to be transferred to a prisoner-of-war camp, but escaped by jumping off a train, along with a Canadian prisoner.[8][9] He then walked all the way from Germany to Spain where he was imprisoned for six months.[7]
After the war, while Sebastian was still young, the family moved up to Sheffield from Middlesex, and he worked there as a production engineer in a steel cutlery factory, George Butler & Co., eventually becoming production manager.[7][10] He did not begin coaching Seb until just before he turned 50, his favourite sport being cycling rather than athletics.[11]
As an
Personal life
Coe's first marriage ended in divorce, and in 1954 he married Tina Angela Lal,
He was posthumously inducted into the England Athletics Hall of Fame in 2015.[18]
Publications
- Winning Running: Successful 800m & 1500m Racing and Training. Peter Coe, Trafalgar Square Publishing, ISBN 1-85223-997-2
- Better Training for Distance Runners. David E. Martin, Peter N. Coe, Human Kinetics Publishers, ISBN 0-88011-530-0
References
- ^ "Life story: Percy Coe | Lives of the First World War".
- ^ "Who do You Think You Are? Sebastian Coe - Episode 3 - Genes Reunited Blog - Genes Reunited".
- ISBN 978-1-444-73253-5.
- ^ "Seb Coe - Who Do You Think You Are - Athletics: a family tradition..." The Genealogist. 20 July 2011. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
- ^ a b "Peter Coe passes away | Selby Striders". www.selbystriders.org.uk. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
- ISBN 978-1-444-73253-5.
- ^ a b c d e "Peter Coe, coach and father of Sebastian, dies at 88". The Independent. 9 August 2008. Archived from the original on 25 May 2022. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
- ^ "Seb Coe - Who Do You Think You Are - Athletics: a family tradition..." www.thegenealogist.co.uk. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
- ^ Miller, David. "Peter Coe: the father who kept Seb on track". The Telegraph. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
- ^ a b "Hall of Fame 2015 inductees - England Athletics". www.englandathletics.org. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
- ^ "Family Announcements, Peter Coe - Funeral Directors and services - Family Announcements Announcements". www.family-announcements.co.uk. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
- ISBN 978-1-444-73253-5.
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- ^ "Track Chat: Engineering Greatness: Peter Coe". tonyward-trackchat.blogspot.co.uk. 11 August 2008. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
- ISBN 978-1-444-73253-5.
- ^ Peter Coe dies aged 88, The Times, Published: 9 August 2008
- ^ "Peter Coe- father of ex-Olympic champion- dies". Team USA. Archived from the original on 23 June 2016. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
- ^ "Roger Black, Peter Coe and Basil Heatley among England Athletics Hall of Fame inductees - Athletics Weekly". Athletics Weekly. 18 October 2015. Retrieved 1 June 2016.