David Johnson (Canadian runner), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Canadian track runner
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Place of Birth: Lachine, Quebec, Canada
About David Johnson (Canadian runner)
- David Moffat Johnson (April 30, 1902 – January 3, 1973) was born in Lachine, Quebec and was a Canadian track runner.
- He was Canada's top performer in athletics at the Olympic Games of 1924 held in Paris, where he finished fourth in two events, including the 400-metre race which was won by Scotland's Eric Liddell, who was immortalised in the film Chariots of Fire.
- He was a star athlete at McGill University in Montreal, where he led the varsity track and field team to four consecutive championships in the 1920s.
- After graduating with an arts degree in 1923, he became the first McGill athlete to earn a Rhodes scholarship to the University of Oxford in England.
- In October, 2007, he was posthumously inducted into the McGill Sports Hall of Fame.
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