| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | British (Scottish) |
| Born | c.1885[1] |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
Event(s) | Hammer throw, shot put, discus throw |
| Club | Glasgow Police AC |
Alexander Smith (1885 – date of death unknown) was a track and field athlete from Scotland who competed at the 1930 British Empire Games (now Commonwealth Games).
Biography
Smith was a sergeant with the Glasgow Police and was a member of their athletics club[2] when he won the 1929 Scottish AAA Championship hammer throw and weight (shot put) titles.[3]
Smith throwing for the Glasgow Police AC, retained the hammer and weight titles at the 1930 Scottish AAA Championships.[4]
Leaving Scotland on the Anchor-Donaldson liner Audania, he arrived in Canada[5] and represented the Scottish Empire Games team[6] at the 1930 British Empire Games in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada,[7] participating in one event,[8] the hammer throw.[9] At the time of the Games, he was 45 years old, living at 1286 Springburn Road in Glasgow.[1]
In 1932 nearing the age of 50, he was still competing at the highest level and was with the St Rollox Police Division.[10] At the 1934 Scottish AAA Championships he won both the hammer and discus titles.[11]
Smith was a four-times British hammer thow champion by virtue of being the highest placed British athlete at the AAA Championships in 1933, 1934, 1936 and 1937.[12][13]
References
- ^ a b "Montreal and Quebec to Greenock Passenger List, 6 Sep 1930 on the Cunard Antonia". Ancestry. Retrieved 29 November 2025.
- ^ "New Hurdles record". Hartlepool Northern Daily Mail. 22 June 1929. p. 8. Retrieved 28 November 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Amateur Championship at Glasgow". Aberdeen Press and Journal. 24 June 1929. p. 11. Retrieved 28 November 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "No Joy for Roy Hamilton". Daily Record. 30 June 1930. p. 26. Retrieved 28 November 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Scotland". Commonwealth Sport. Retrieved 28 November 2025.
- ^ "Provisional Team For Empire Games". Edinburgh Evening News. 30 June 1930. p. 10. Retrieved 28 November 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Scotland". Commonwealth Sport. Retrieved 28 November 2025.
- ^ "British Empire Games". The Scotsman. 1 August 1930. p. 7. Retrieved 28 November 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Scotland team - Hamilton 1930". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 27 March 2019. Retrieved 28 November 2025.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "Finn's brilliant 3 miles : Our athletes shine". Dundee Evening Telegraph. 23 June 1932. Retrieved 28 November 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "S.A.A.A. Championships". The Scotsman. 25 June 1934. p. 5. Retrieved 29 November 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 28 November 2025.
- ^ "AAA Championships (men)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 28 November 2025.
