Ralph McCreath

{{short description|Canadian figure skater}}

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|fullname= Ralph Scott McCreath

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|formerpartner= Veronica Clarke
Norah McCarthy
Eleanor O'Meara
Bunty Lang
Betty Chambers

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|skating club= Toronto SC

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{{MedalSport | Men's Figure skating}}

{{MedalCompetition|North American Championships}}

{{MedalBronze|1941 Philadelphia|Men's singles}}

{{MedalBronze|1939 Toronto|Men's singles}}

{{MedalBronze|1937 Boston|Men's singles}}

{{MedalSport | Pairs' Figure skating}}

{{MedalCompetition|North American Championships}}

{{MedalGold|1941 Philadelphia|Pairs}}

{{MedalSilver|1939 Toronto|Pairs}}

{{MedalGold|1937 Boston|Pairs}}

{{MedalSport | Fours' Figure skating}}

{{MedalCompetition|North American Championships}}

{{MedalGold|1939 Toronto|Fours}}

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Ralph Scott McCreath (April 27, 1919 – May 2, 1997) was a Canadian figure skater who competed in single skating, pair skating, ice dancing, and fours. He competed in pairs with Veronica Clarke, Norah McCarthy, Eleanor O'Meara, Bunty Lang, and Betty Chambers, and in fours with fours with Dorothy Caley, Hazel Caley, and Montgomery Wilson, winning the 1939 North American title.

McCreath started skating for the Toronto Skating Club in 1933. He was the 1940, 1941, and 1946 Canadian national champion and 1941 North American in single skating. In pairs, he won six national and two North American titles with three different partners. As an ice dancer, he competed with Veronica Clarke. They won the Tenstep gold medal and the Waltz silver medal at the 1937 Canadian Figure Skating Championships and the Fourteenstep gold medal at the 1938 Canadian Figure Skating Championships.

He served in the 48th Highlanders of Canada and the Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps during World War II.{{cite news | first = James | last = McCreath | url = http://www.renaldo.com/renaldo/essays-biographies/117/117/ | title = Memoir For My Father}} After his competitive career, he became a judge, team member, and member of the Canadian Figure Skating Association. He was inducted into the Canadian Figure Skating Hall of Fame in the Athlete category in 1994.