Personal information | |
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Birth name | John Douglas Morgan |
Born | Wellington, New Zealand | 29 November 1907
Died | 25 August 1967 London, England | (aged 59)
Spouse |
Beatrice May Cole (m. 1928) |
Sport | |
Country | New Zealand |
Sport | Athletics |
Achievements and titles | |
National finals | Discus champion (1939) |
John Douglas Morgan (29 November 1907 – 25 August 1967) was a New Zealand track and field athlete who represented his country at the 1938 British Empire Games. He later became a successful athletics coach.
Born in Wellington on 29 November 1907, Morgan was the son of John Stanley Morgan and Emma Ethel Morgan (née Sauvarin).[1] On 29 November 1928 he married Beatrice May Cole,[2] and they had two children.[3]
At the 1938 British Empire Games in Sydney, Morgan finished eighth in the men's discus, with a best throw of 119 ft 11+1⁄2 in (36.56 m).[4]
Representing West Coast North Island, Morgan won the New Zealand national discus title in 1939, recording a best distance of 129 ft 4 in (39.42 m).[5]
Morgan later took up coaching, specialising in sprinting and hurdling. He trained athletes including Peter Henderson, Avis McIntosh and Brenda Matthews.[6]
A glass worker by trade,[7] Morgan died in London on 25 August 1967.[3]