Jack Sutherland
{{Short description|New Zealand sprinter (1927–2020)}}
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{{Use New Zealand English|date=August 2020}}
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| name = Jack Sutherland
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| birth_name = John Wilson Sutherland
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1927|07|18|df=y}}
| birth_place = Oamaru, New Zealand
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2020|10|08|1927|07|18|df=y}}
| death_place = Oamaru, New Zealand
| spouse = Joy Hill
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| country = New Zealand
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{{MedalCompetition|British Empire Games}}
{{MedalBronze| 1950 Auckland|4 x 440 yards relay}}
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John Wilson Sutherland {{post-nominals|country=NZL|QSM|size=85%}} (18 July 1927 – 8 October 2020) was a New Zealand sprinter who won a bronze medal representing his country at the 1950 British Empire Games
Early life and family
Sutherland was born in Oamaru on 18 July 1927, and was educated at Waitaki Boys' High School.{{cite news |url=https://www.oamarumail.co.nz/sport/performing-at-the-highest-level-2/ |title=Performing at the highest level |work=Oamaru Mail |date=21 June 2019 |first=Gus |last=Patterson |access-date=1 August 2020}}{{cite web |url=https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/search/search?path=%2FqueryEntry.m%3Ftype%3Ddeaths |title=Death search: registration number 2020/27140 |website=Births, deaths and marriages online |publisher=Department of Internal Affairs |access-date=22 October 2020}} In the 1950s, Sutherland married Joy Hill, and the couple went on to have three children.
Athletics
As a young man, Sutherland moved to Christchurch to further his running, becoming a member of the Christchurch Technical club. On 26 February 1949, he broke the Canterbury record over 440 yards, recording a time of 49.7 seconds at Lancaster Park.{{cite news |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/GISH19490228.2.113 |title=Four new Canterbury athletic records |date=28 February 1949 |page=7 |work=Gisborne Herald |access-date=1 August 2020}} Two weeks later, at the 1949 national athletic championships held at the same venue, he finished second to Dave Batten in the men's 440 yards final.{{cite news |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/GISH19490314.2.117 |title=Dead heat in mile relay concludes N.Z. championships |date=14 March 1949 |page=7 |work=Gisborne Herald |access-date=1 August 2020}}
At the 1950 British Empire Games, Sutherland won the bronze medal in the men's 4 x 440 yards relay alongside Dave Batten, John Holland and Derek Steward. He also competed in the men's 440 yards where he placed 6th overall.{{cite web |url=https://olympic.org.nz/athletes/jack-sutherland |title=Jack Sutherland |website=Olympic.org.nz |publisher=New Zealand Olympic Committee}}
Later life
Returning to Oamaru to live in 1953, Sutherland worked at Farmers department store for many years. In 1973, he opened his own clothing store, Sutherland's Menswear.
Sutherland was active in the Lions service club in North Otago. In the 1992 Queen's Birthday Honours, he was awarded the Queen's Service Medal for community service.{{London Gazette |issue=52953 |date=13 June 1992 |page=31 |supp=2}} In 2019, he was inducted into the Waitaki Boys' High School sports hall of fame.
Sutherland died in Oamaru on 8 October 2020, aged 93.{{cite news |url=https://deaths.press.co.nz/obituaries/the-press-nz/obituary.aspx?n=john-sutherland&pid=196923047 |title=John Wilson (Jack) Sutherland death notice |date=10 October 2020 |work=The Press |access-date=12 October 2020}}
References
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External links
- {{CGF profile|37827|John W. Sutherland}}
{{1950 New Zealand British Empire Games team}}
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Category:Sportspeople from Oamaru
Category:People educated at Waitaki Boys' High School
Category:New Zealand male sprinters
Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for New Zealand
Category:Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1950 British Empire Games
Category:Recipients of the Queen's Service Medal