Colin Gordon (athlete), Date of Birth, Date of Death
TweetColin Gordon (athlete)
British-Guyanese high jumper
Date of Birth: 24-Dec-1907
Date of Death: 22-Aug-1980
Profession: high jumper
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn 
About Colin Gordon (athlete)
- Colin Ernest Sutherland Gordon (24 December 1907 – 22 August 1960) was a high jumper from British Guiana (present-day Guyana).
- He competed for Great Britain at the 1928 Summer Olympics and finished in 17th place.
- At the 1930 British Empire Games he represented British Guiana and won the silver medal.
- Gordon was the son of John Richard Colin Gordon, a sugar-planter, and his wife Hilda Sloman.Gordon worked as a teacher at Trinity College School, Port Hope, Ontario, Canada for a year and in 1931 moved to Geelong Grammar School in Australia.
- During World War II he served as a Wing Commander with the Royal Australian Air Force.
- After demobilisation he became Headmaster of St.
- Peter's College in Adelaide, Australia, where he worked until his death in 1960.
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