Eric Dunbar
{{short description|British athlete}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
{{Use British English|date=November 2024}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Eric Dunbar
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| nationality = British/Australian
| sport = Track and field
| event = 110 metres hurdles
| club = British Army AC
East Brisbane Harriers
| birth_date = {{birth date|1897|5|8|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Brisbane, Australia
| death_date = {{death date and age|1946|9|12|1897|5|8|df=yes}}
| death_place = Melbourne, Australia
}}
Eric Victor Dunbar (8 May 1897 – 12 September 1946) was a British/Australian hurdler, who compteted at the Olympic Games.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/69021 |title=Eric Dunbar |work=Olympedia |access-date=15 July 2021}}
Career
Dunbar finished third behind George Trowbridge in the 120 yards hurdles event at the British 1920 AAA Championships.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003358/19200704/166/0010 |title=The Athletic Championships |work=Weekly Dispatch (London) |date=4 July 1920 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=23 November 2024 }}{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000569/19200705/204/0009 |title=Athletics |work=Newcastle Journal |date=5 July 1920 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=23 November 2024 }}{{cite web|url=https://nuts.org.uk/Champs/AAA/index.htm |title=AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists |website=National Union of Track Statisticians |access-date=23 November 2024 }}
One month later, he competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium. He competed in the men's 110 metres hurdles.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/du/eric-dunbar-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418040113/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/du/eric-dunbar-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Eric Dunbar Olympic Results |accessdate=11 September 2017}}
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Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1920 Summer Olympics
Category:British male hurdlers
Category:British male high jumpers
Category:Olympic athletes for Great Britain
Category:Place of birth missing
Category:Australian male high jumpers
Category:Australian male hurdlers
Category:Military personnel from Brisbane
Category:Athletes from Brisbane
Category:Australian Army officers
Category:Australian expatriate sportspeople in New Zealand
Category:Australian expatriate sportspeople in the United Kingdom
Category:13th Hussars officers
Category:20th-century Australian sportsmen
Category:New Zealand Athletics Championships winners
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