Guy Robertson

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Guy Robertson
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes freestyle
ClubPollockshields Baths, Glasgow

Guy Robertson was a Scottish competitive swimmer who specialised in freestyle and represented Scotland at the 1934 British Empire Games (now Commonwealth Games).

Biography

Robertson was a policeman with the Glasgow Police [1] and was a member of the Pollockshields Baths Club. [2]

Following the Empire Games swimming trials at Port Seton, Robertson was named in the Scottish Empire Games team. [3]

He subsequently swam for Scotland [4] at the British Empire Games in London, [5] participating in the 440 yards freestyle event. [6]

References

  1. ↑ "Step Rock Amateurs' Gala" . Dundee Evening Telegraph. 12 July 1932. p. 7. Retrieved 29 November 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. ↑ "Swimming Trials" . Daily Record. 23 June 1934. p. 20. Retrieved 29 November 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ↑ "Scots Team for London" . The Scotsman. 2 July 1934. p. 6. Retrieved 29 November 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ↑ "Scotland". Commonwealth Sport. Retrieved 28 November 2025.
  5. ↑ "Empire Games" . The Scotsman. 6 July 1934. p. 14. Retrieved 28 November 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ↑ "Scotland team - London 1934". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 29 November 2025.


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