Re: Applegarths in England
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Re: Applegarths in England
4/11/99
Willie Applegarth
1890 - 1958
Willie Applegarth (born May 11, 1890 and died in Schenectady, New York 1958) was quite well known in running circles.
After winning his Olympic gold medal (4 x100 relay) and being totally disenchanted with the lack of response and opportunity in London, he traveled to Up-state New York where he became a coach at the local university.
He lived in Schenectady and spent the rest of his life as an American. He died there in 1958.
It was not until 1958 that Peter Radford of Gt. Britain, managed to erase Willie's name from the British record books with a 21.0 sec performance just pipping Willie's record of 21.2 sec established in 1914.I visited WA and his family in 1952 with Peggy Mallet, nee Clark —Lena Clark, sister to Peggy and one of 10 Clark children, was my mother, also born in Guisborough.
In '52, en route to the USA, my parents and I visited a relative of Willy in Londo — Campden Town perhaps. I was 9 years old and remember a shop of some sort . . a tobaccanist's maybe . . . and being given a load of "sweets for the journey". In England at that time this was a real treat for a kid as, I think, sweets still needed coupons.
In '52, en route to the USA, my parents and I visited a relative of Willy in Londo — Campden Town perhaps. I was 9 years old and remember a shop of some sort . . a tobaccanist's maybe . . . and being given a load of "sweets for the journey". In England at that time this was a real treat for a kid as, I think, sweets still needed coupons.Would like to fill in details of the Guisborough and London connections.
Would like to fill in details of the Guisborough and London connections.