Alfred Kinally
{{Short description|British athlete}}
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| nationality = British (English)
| birth_date = 28 September 1908
| birth_place = Norwich
| death_date = 26 October 1986 (aged 78)
| death_place = Hove, East Sussex
| sport = Athletics
| event = pole vault
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| club = 2nd Batt. R.T.C
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Alfred Walter Kinally (1908-1986) was a male athlete who competed for England at the 1934 British Empire Games.{{cite web|url=https://www.northernathletics.co.uk/2019/04/24/why-did-the-british-selectors-of-the-1930s-persistently-ignore-the-no-1-high-jumper-and-no-2-pole-vaulter-john-dodd-2/|title=WHY DID THE BRITISH SELECTORS OF THE 1930S PERSISTENTLY IGNORE THE NO.1 HIGH JUMPER AND NO.2 POLE VAULTER, JOHN DODD?|publisher=Northern Athletics}}
Biography
Kinally competed in the pole vault at the 1934 British Empire Games in London.{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/london-1934/athletes |title=London 1934 Team |website=Team England |access-date=18 January 2025 }}
Kinally finished second behind John Dodd in the pole vault event at the 1937 AAA Championships. At the time of the 1937 Championships he was serving with the 2nd Battalion Royal Tank Corps.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000650/19370717/014/0014 |title=The Athletic Championships |work=Liverpool Daily Post |date=17 July 1937 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=18 January 2025 }}{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000671/19370719/011/0011 |title=Six records go by the board at White City |work=Evening Despatch |date=19 July 1937 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=18 January 2025 }}{{cite web|url=https://www.nuts.org.uk/Champs/AAA/index.htm |title=AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists |website=National Union of Track Statisticians |access-date=18 January 2025 }}
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Category:English male pole vaulters
Category:British male pole vaulters
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1934 British Empire Games
Category:Commonwealth Games competitors for England
Category:20th-century English sportsmen
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