Alan Geddes | |
Fullname: | Alan Raymond Geddes |
Birth Date: | 7 August 1912 |
Birth Place: | New Zealand |
Death Place: | Dunedin, New Zealand |
Country: | New Zealand |
Sport: | Athletics |
Nationals: | 1 mile champion (1945) |
Alan Raymond Geddes (7 August 1912 – 27 January 1993) was a New Zealand athlete. He represented his country at the 1938 British Empire Games in Sydney, finishing seventh in the 3-mile race and fourth in the 6-mile event.[1] He placed second in the New Zealand cross-country championship on no fewer that four occasions,[2] but never won the event. In 1945 he won the 1-mile title at the New Zealand athletics championships, in a time of 4:30.2.[3]
On 26 October 1939, Geddes married Flora Margaret Dorward Pyott at First Church, Dunedin.[4] He died at Dunedin Hospital in 1993.[5]