Crawford Fairbrother, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Scottish high jumper
Date of Birth: 01-Dec-1936
Place of Birth: Paisley, Scotland, United Kingdom
Date of Death: 23-Nov-1986
Profession: high jumper
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius 
About Crawford Fairbrother
- Crawford William Fairbrother (1 December 1936 – 23 November 1986) was a Scottish high jumper.
- Born in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland, his father was Scottish Athletics Championship medallist in high jump in the 1920s and 1930s.Fairbrother won a record 13 successive Scottish titles in the high jump from 1957 to 1969, the best post-war championship record by any Scot.
- He also won the AAA Championship titles in 1959, 1961 and 1964.Fairbrother first competed internationally at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales.
- Representing Scotland, he finished in seventh place in the final of the high jump with a jump of 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m).
- One month later at the 1958 European Athletics Championships in Stockholm, Sweden, Fairbrother, representing Great Britain in the high jump, finished tenth in the final clearing 6 ft 6 1/2 in (1.99 m).
- At the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Fairbrother failed to make the qualifying height of 2 m (6 ft 7 in) in the high jump.
- Two years later at the 1962 European Athletics Championships in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, Fairbrother in the high jump cleared 6 ft 6 3/4 in (2.00 m).
- Two months later at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth, Australia, Fairbrother finished eighth in the high jump clearing the bar at 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m).
- At the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica, Fairbrother recorded his best international result finishing fourth in the high jump clearing the bar at 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m).
- At his final international meet, the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Fairbrother took the oath of behalf of the competitors at the opening ceremony.
- The following day in the high jump, Fairbrother failed to make the final.He represented Britain on a record 53 occasions and placed in the top three 35 times.
- He cleared the height of 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) on more than 200 occasions.
- He set three United Kingdom and five Scottish records, the best being 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) set in September 1964, a mark which stood until 1975.Fairbrother died on 23 November 1986 in his hometown Paisley, eight days short of his 50th birthday.
- He survived by his wife Rena, daughter Karen and son Kenneth.
- A service was held on 26 November 1986 at St.
- John's Church, Paisley and he was cremated during a private service.
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