Cecil Smith (track and field)

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| birth_date = 1936{{cite news|last1=Juzenas|first1=Frank|title=Track and field icon Cecil Smith dies|url=http://www.bramptonguardian.com/sports-story/7018108-track-and-field-icon-cecil-smith-dies/|accessdate=22 December 2016|work=The Brampton Guardian|date=13 December 2016}}

| birth_place = Wales

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| death_date = {{Death date and age|2016|12|02|1936|01|01}}

| death_place = Brampton, Ontario, Canada

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| spouse = Beth

| children = Clare and Jarod

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| awards = Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal, 2002{{cite web|title=Smith, Mr. Cecil|url=https://www.gg.ca/honour.aspx?id=11435&t=6&ln=Smith|publisher=The Governor General of Canada|accessdate=22 December 2016}}

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Cecil Smith (1936-2016) was the executive director of the Ontario Track and Field Association for a quarter century, and publisher of Athletics magazine. He coached former Guinness World Record holder Maggie Woods and Olympian Julie White.http://www.etobicoketrack.ca/site/mobile?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.etobicoketrack.ca%2FClub_History___Records.html#2812{{Dead link|date=November 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} He led the bid for the 1988 World Juniors, Sudbury, was involved in planning for 1993 World Indoor Championships, Toronto, and was a member for the secretariats of the 1976 Montreal Olympics and 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton. As of 1999, he was Canada's technical delegate to the International Amateur Athletics Federation.{{cite news|last1=Christie|first1=James|title=Samaranch needs to become gun-shy|work=The Globe and Mail|date=8 January 1999|page=S2}}{{cite news|last1=Christie|first1=James|title=Johnson not welcome in relays if he's reinstated, Bailey declares|work=The Globe and Mail|date=21 April 1999|page=S4}}

He was inducted into the Athletics Ontario Hall of Fame in 2010 as a builder. The media has referred to him as a "guru" of athletics,{{cite news|last1=Buffery|first1=Steve|title=Disgraced track and field coach wanted to 'level the playing field'|url=http://www.recorder.ca/2010/05/13/disgraced-track-and-field-coach-wanted-to-level-the-playing-field-2|accessdate=22 December 2016|work=Brockville Recorder|agency=QMI Agency|date=13 May 2010|location=Brockville ON|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161223064922/http://www.recorder.ca/2010/05/13/disgraced-track-and-field-coach-wanted-to-level-the-playing-field-2|archive-date=23 December 2016|url-status=dead}} and Athletics Canada dubbed him "a true pillar and icon of the sport."{{cite web|title=Cecil Smith: 1936 – 2016|url=http://athletics.ca/cecil-smith-1936-2016/|website=Athletics Canada|accessdate=22 December 2016|date=6 December 2016}} He was the creator of the biennial Pan American Junior Athletics Championships.[https://www.iaaf.org/news/iaaf-news/cecil-smith-obituary Canadian athletics administrator Smith dies]. IAAF (2016-12-02). Retrieved on 2016-12-28.