Wilfrid George Kalaugher (26 November 1904 – 12 August 1999) was a

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athlete and scholar. He was a school master in

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, England.

Biography

Kalaugher was born in Winchester, New Zealand and he grew up in Devonport. He was

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Sacred Heart College, Auckland , motto_translation = Take Courage And Act Manfully , type = State-integrated Day & boarding Secondary school , religion = Roman Catholic Marist , gender = Boys-only , patr ...

in 1921, where there is now a wing named after him. He attended

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, where he studied mathematics and competed in athletics,

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, and rugby. In 1926, he was selected as a

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, where he represented

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from 1928 to 1931. At the same time he played

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cricket for

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. While at Oxford University, he gained an

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after winning a hurdles title. He represented

at the

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, competing in the triple jump and 110 m hurdles. In 1931, he took up a teaching position at

, England, and found his career "amid the playing fields and schools of England". He died in

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.Obituary, ''Sunday Star-Times'', 19 December 1999, p. A9

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kalaugher, Wilfrid 1904 births 1999 deaths Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford New Zealand Rhodes Scholars Athletes from Auckland Victoria University of Wellington alumni New Zealand emigrants to the United Kingdom Schoolteachers from Wiltshire Olympic athletes of New Zealand Athletes (track and field) at the 1928 Summer Olympics People educated at Sacred Heart College, Auckland New Zealand cricketers Oxford University cricketers Oxfordshire cricketers New Zealand male triple jumpers New Zealand male hurdlers