Allan Elliot

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| birth_name = Allan John Elliot

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1906|02|01|df=y}}

| birth_place = Thames, New Zealand

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1973|01|05|1906|02|01|df=y}}

| death_place = Auckland, New Zealand

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| occupation = Grocer

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| spouse = {{marriage|Eunice Elva Edwina Macdonald|1933|1958|end=d.}}
Barbara Ann Elliot

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| country = New Zealand

| sport = Athletics

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| nationals = 100 yds champion (1929, 1930, 1932)
220 yds champion (1929, 1932)

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Allan John Elliot (1 February 1906 − 5 January 1973), sometimes Elliott, was a New Zealand athlete, who represented his country in the sprint events at the 1930 British Empire Games in Hamilton, Ontario, and the 1932 Olympic Games in Los Angeles.

Early life and family

Born in Thames on 1 February 1906, Elliot was the son of Matthew Halliday Elliot and Edith Amy Elliot (née Cryer).{{cite web |url=https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/search/search?path=%2FqueryEntry.m%3Ftype%3Dbirths |title=Birth search: registration number 1906/6499 |website=Births, deaths & marriages online |publisher=Department of Internal Affairs |access-date=9 July 2017}} On 8 June 1933 he married Eunice Elva Edwina Macdonald,{{cite web |url=https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/search/search?path=%2FqueryEntry.m%3Ftype%3Dmarriages |title=Marriage search: registration number 1933/1888 |website=Births, deaths & marriages online |publisher=Department of Internal Affairs |access-date=9 July 2017}} but they later separated, and Eunice Elliot died in 1958.{{cite web |url=https://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/cemeteries/Pages/RecordDetails.aspx?recordId=1F1E91282C596372EAA4A2BFAC2A331F |title=Record for Allan John Elliot |publisher=Auckland Council |access-date=1 May 2024}}. Elliot's second wife was Barbara Ann Elliot.

Athletics

Regarded as a "brilliant sprinter" who was "heavily muscled",{{cite news | title=1932 Games runner dies | date=9 January 1973 | work=Auckland Star | page=1}} Elliot won five New Zealand national athletics titles: the 100 yards in 1929, 1930, and 1932; and the 220 yards in 1929 and 1932.{{cite web |url=http://www.anzrankings.org.nz/userfiles/file/National_Champions.pdf |title=National champions 1887–2016 |date=December 2016 |publisher=Athletics New Zealand |access-date=28 May 2017 | first=Stephen | last=Hollings}} Elliot 's best time of 9.8 second for 100 yards stood as the New Zealand record for over 20 years.

At the 1930 British Empire Games, Elliot did not progress beyond the heats of the 100 yards and 220 yards.{{cite web |url=http://www.olympic.org.nz/nzolympic/athlete/allan-elliott |title=Allan Elliott |year=2013 |publisher=New Zealand Olympic Committee |access-date=26 April 2015 |archive-date=29 January 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150129024418/http://www.olympic.org.nz/nzolympic/athlete/allan-elliott |url-status=dead }} However, at the 1932 Olympics he reached the semi-finals of both the 100 m and 200 m events.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/el/allan-elliot-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418011053/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/el/allan-elliot-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Allan Elliot bio, stats, and results |publisher=Sports-Reference.com |access-date=26 April 2015}}

Elliot later continued his involvement in athletics as an administrator, and served as president of the Waitakere Golf Club for five years.

Later life and death

Elliot spent most of his working life as a grocer, and was a relieving manager at various shops in Auckland during his last five years. He died on 5 January 1973, and his body was cremated at Waikumete.

Legacy

File:Auckland Domain gate scultpure.jpgElliot modelled for the sculpture of an athlete by Richard Oliver Gross at the Auckland Domain gates.{{cite web |url=http://www.grafton.org.nz/grafton-residents-association-auckland-new-zealand/our-community/past/historical-articles/the-domain-gates/ |title=The Domain Gates |publisher=Gianluca Watson of The Friends of the Domain |access-date=22 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170408004327/http://www.grafton.org.nz/grafton-residents-association-auckland-new-zealand/our-community/past/historical-articles/the-domain-gates/ |archive-date=8 April 2017 |url-status=dead }}{{cite news | title=Striking Figure | url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19360629.2.109 | access-date=22 May 2017 | work=Auckland Star | date=29 June 1936 | page=9}}

Competition record

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1930 \|British Empire Games \|Hamilton, Canada \|3rd (ht 3) \|100 y \|NT

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1930

|British Empire Games

|Hamilton, Canada

|3rd (ht 3)

|100 y

|NT