Ted Best
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men's athletics
| ||
Representing  Australia
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| British Empire Games | ||
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1938 Sydney | 100 yards |
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1938 Sydney | 220 yards |
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1938 Sydney | 4×110 yards |
Edward Wallace Best (11 September 1917 – 1992) was an Australian
Lord Mayor of Melbourne
from 1969–71.
At the 1938 Empire Games he won the bronze medal in the men's 100 yards event as well as in the 220 yards competition. He was also a member of the Australian relay team (along with
Teddy Hampson and Howard Yates
) that won the bronze medal in the 4×110 yards contest.
Enlisting in the 2/22nd Battalion, Best was captured in New Britain (an island of New Guinea) by the Japanese in 1942. Photos held at the Australian War Memorial show him with other Allied prisoners of war at Zentsuji Camp at Shikoku, Osaka.
Educated at
Robert Best
.
External links
- Edward 'Ted' Best at Australian Athletics Historical Results
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