Alan Geddes (athlete) explained

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Alan Geddes . 2013 . New Zealand Olympic Committee . 5 June 2015 . 23 May 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130523154254/http://www.olympic.org.nz/nzolympic/athlete/alan-geddes . dead .
  2. News: Cross-country . 12 September 1938 . Evening Post . 5 June 2015 . 6.
  3. Web site: National champions 1887–2014 . January 2015 . Athletics New Zealand . 4 June 2015 . Stephen . Hollings . 15.
  4. News: Weddings . 31 October 1939 . Otago Daily Times . 15 . 21 January 2019.
  5. Web site: Cemeteries search . Dunedin City Council . 28 September 2021 .