Wallace Heron Explained

Wallace Heron
Birth Date:	15 June 1924
Birth Place:	Te Kūiti, New Zealand
Death Place:	Whangamatā, New Zealand
Country:	New Zealand
Sport:	Track and field
Nationals:	Pole vault champion (1945, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1950)

Wallace Heron (15 June 1924 – 26 December 1990) was a New Zealand field athlete who represented his country in the pole vault at the 1950 British Empire Games.

Biography

Born in Te Kūiti on 15 June 1924, Heron was the son of Samuel George Frith Heron and Margaret Thomasine Gwendolene Heron (née Turney) who were resident at Waitanguru at the time.^{[1] [2]}

Representing Auckland, Heron won five New Zealand national athletic titles, winning the pole vault every year from 1945 to 1950 except 1948.^[3] At the 1950 British Empire Games in Auckland, Heron represented New Zealand in the pole vault.^[4] He finished in fourth place on a countback, recording a best height of 12feet, the same as the bronze medallist, Peter Denton from Australia.^[5]

Heron died at Whangamatā on 26 December 1990, and he was buried at Pukekohe Cemetery.^{[1] [6]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: Death search: registration number 1991/32019 . Births, deaths & marriages online . Department of Internal Affairs . 23 April 2019.
2. News: Births . 20 June 1924 . New Zealand Herald . 23 April 2019 . 1.
3. Web site: National champions 1887–2016 . December 2016 . Athletics New Zealand . 23 April 2019 . Stephen . Hollings . 46.
4. Web site: Wallace Heron . 2018 . New Zealand Olympic Committee . 23 April 2019.
5. Web site: Athletics pole vault – men Auckland 1950 . 2018 . Commonwealth Games Federation . 23 April 2019.
6. Web site: Record for Wallace Heron . Auckland Council . 23 April 2019.