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John Victor McSorley (born 1941), is a male former athlete who competed for England.
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John Victor McSorley (born 1941), is a male former athlete who competed for England.
He represented England in the hammer, javelin and shot put at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth, Western Australia. [1]
Eight years later he won silver medal in the javelin at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland. [2]
In 1964, fellow javelin thrower Reg Spiers, air-freighted himself from England to Australia to avoid paying for the flight. [3] John McSorley created the box for his friend and when he did not hear from Spiers, he became worried and contacted the press about the incident. McSorely's wife and son later wrote a book discussing this incident. [4]
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