Laird Sloan Explained

Laird Sloan
Sport:Sprinting
Event:400 metres
Birth Date:1935 10, df=yes
Birth Place:Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
Death Place:Houston, Texas, US

Laird Sloan (3 October 1935  - 23 June 2017)[1] was a Canadian sprinter. He competed in the men's 400 metres at the 1956 Summer Olympics. He finished second in the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games 4 x 440 yards relay (with Terry Tobacco, Doug Clement, and Joe Foreman). In the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Sloan was eliminated in the semi-finals of the 440 yards.[2]

As a student at the University of Michigan, Sloan was a member of Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Laird Sloan Obituary . 2 November 2017.
  2. Laird Sloan Olympic Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418112956/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sl/laird-sloan-1.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . 31 July 2017.
  3. 'M' Profile...Laird Sloan The Michigan Daily. 26 May 1956.