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Jack Clarke (mountaineer)
Jack Clarke may refer to: *Jack Clarke (athlete) (fl. 1945–1952), New Zealand marathon runner *Jack Clarke (footballer, born 1931) (1931–1997), Australian rules footballer and Essendon player *Jack Clarke (footballer, born 1933) (1933–2001), Australian rules footballer and East Fremantle player *Jack Clarke (footballer, born 2000), English footballer *Jack Clarke (racing driver) (born 1988), racing driver in the FIA Formula Two Championship *Jack Clarke (rugby union) (born 1968), Irish rugby union player *Jack Clarke (mountaineer) (1875–1952), New Zealand mountaineer, first ascendant of Mounts Aoraki / Mount Cook, Cook, Mount Tasman, Tasman and Mount Aspiring / Tititea, Aspiring See also *Jack Clark (other) *John Clarke (other) *Jackie Clarke (born 1966), New Zealand entertainer *Jackie Clarke (footballer) (born 1949), Irish soccer player {{DEFAULTSORT:Clarke, Jack ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Clarke (athlete)
Jack Clarke was a New Zealand long-distance athlete who won a bronze medal representing his country in the marathon at the 1950 British Empire Games. Athletics Clarke took up running in 1943, and by 1947 he had won both the Canterbury cross-country championship and the Canterbury three-miles track title in three successive years. In 1945, he finished third in the New Zealand national cross-country championship. In 1948, Clarke won the marathon at the New Zealand athletic championships held in Dunedin, recording 2:44:06, the second-fastest winning time in the championship's history at the time. Despite not completing the marathon course at the 1950 national championships in Napier, Clarke was one of four runners selected to represent New Zealand in the marathon at the 1950 British Empire Games the following month in Auckland. In that event, Clarke won the bronze medal in a time of 2:39:26, despite having a large dog snapping angrily at his heels at one stage of the race. In 1952 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |