Harry Winston Jerome
A track and field athlete from Prince Albert,
Saskatchewan, Born on September 30, 1940. He moved to Winnipeg then British Columbia and then the Vancouver area when he was twelve. He represented Canada in the 1912 summer Olympics. He was forty two years old when he passed away from a brain aneurysm.
Saskatchewan, Born on September 30, 1940. He moved to Winnipeg then British Columbia and then the Vancouver area when he was twelve. He represented Canada in the 1912 summer Olympics. He was forty two years old when he passed away from a brain aneurysm.
People say that when he moved to Vancouver the local residents tried to stop the sale of his house because he and his family were the only black people in the community. In 1962 he suffered an injury so bad that doctors thought he would never walk again. There was a statue made of him in Stanley park in 1988. During his track and field career he set seven world records. He is inducted into the BC Sports Hall of Fame, Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame and Canada’s Walk of Fame. He was also awarded the Order of Canada.
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