Laird Sloan

{{Short description|Canadian sprinter}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2017}}

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| name = Laird Sloan

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| sport = Sprinting

| event = 400 metres

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1935|10|03}}

| birth_place = Quebec City, Quebec, Canada

| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2017|06|23|1935|10|03}}

| death_place = Houston, Texas, US

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{{MedalSport|Men's Athletics}}

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{{MedalCompetition|British Empire and Commonwealth Games}}

{{Medal|Silver|1954 Vancouver|4×440 yards relay}}

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Laird Sloan (3 October 1935 – 23 June 2017){{cite web |url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/name/laird-sloan-obituary?pid=185913198&view=guestbook |title=Laird Sloan Obituary |access-date=2 November 2017}} was a Canadian sprinter. He competed in the men's 400 metres at the 1956 Summer Olympics. He finished second in the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games 4 x 440 yards relay (with Terry Tobacco, Doug Clement, and Joe Foreman). In the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Sloan was eliminated in the semi-finals of the 440 yards.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sl/laird-sloan-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418112956/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sl/laird-sloan-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Laird Sloan Olympic Results |access-date=31 July 2017}}

As a student at the University of Michigan, Sloan was a member of Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity.'M' Profile...Laird Sloan The Michigan Daily. 26 May 1956.