Calvin Bricker
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Born | 3 November 1884 Listowel, Ontario, Canada | ||||||||||||||
Died | 24 April 1963 (aged 78) Grenfell, Saskatchewan, Canada | ||||||||||||||
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Sport | Long jump, triple jump | ||||||||||||||
Club | Toronto West End YMCA | ||||||||||||||
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Calvin David "Cal" Bricker (3 November 1884 – 24 April 1963) was a Canadian track and field athlete.[1] He competed in the long jump and triple jump at the 1908 and 1912 Olympics and won a bronze and a silver medal in the long jump, respectively. At the 1908 Olympic trials, he set a national record in the long jump that stood for 27 years.[2]
Bricker graduated from the University of Toronto in 1907 with a degree in dentistry. He served in World War I as a dentist and helped organize the 1919 Inter-Allied Games in Paris. He spent most of his later years practicing dentistry in Grenfell. He was inducted into Canada's (1956), the Saskatchewan (1966), and the University of Toronto (1996) Sports Halls of Fame. The Cal D. Bricker Memorial Trophy is given annually to the Canada's best long jumper.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Calvin Bricker". Olympedia. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
- ^ a b Cal Bricker. sports-reference.com
External links
[edit]- Calvin Bricker at Olympics.com
- Calvin Bricker at Olympedia
- Calvin Bricker at Canada's Sports Hall of Fame
- Calvin Bricker at the Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame
- Canadian male long jumpers
- Olympic silver medalists for Canada
- Olympic bronze medalists for Canada
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1908 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1912 Summer Olympics
- Olympic track and field athletes for Canada
- 1884 births
- 1963 deaths
- Track and field athletes from Ontario
- Medalists at the 1908 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1912 Summer Olympics
- University of Toronto alumni
- Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Canadian track and field athletics biography stubs
- Canadian Olympic medalist stubs