Ernest Sutherland
Personal information | |
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Born | Palmerston North,New Zealand | 26 April 1894
Died | 8 July 1936 Palmerston North, New Zealand | (aged 42)
Occupation | Police officer |
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] |
Weight | 74 kg (164 lb)[1] |
Sport | |
Sport | Track and field |
Event(s) | Decathlon,shot put,high jump,javelin throw,long jump,pole vault,triple jump |
Achievements and titles | |
National finals | High jump champion (1920, 1921) Javelin throw champion (1921, 1922) Long jump champion (1920, 1922, 1927, 1928) Pole vault champion (1929) Shot put champion (1927) Triple jump champion (1915, 1920) |
Ernest George Sutherland(26 April 1894 – 8 July 1936), also known asBuz Sutherland,was a New Zealand athlete.[2]Well known in his home country, he stayed in South Africa in 1922 after touring with a New Zealand team. He competed forSouth Africaat the1924 Summer OlympicsinParisand came fifth in thedecathlon.He returned to New Zealand in 1926.[3]
Born inPalmerston Northon 26 April 1894, Sutherland was the son of Jessie and William Sutherland.[1][4]In May 1915, he enlisted in theNew Zealand Expeditionary Force,serving overseas for three years and six months as a rifleman in the New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 1st Battalion, and seeing active service in North Africa and France.[1][5]He was wounded in action, suffering a severe gunshot wound to his left thigh, at Bir Shola in January 1916 during theSenussi campaign.[1][6]
In all, Sutherland won 12 New Zealand national athletic championship titles across six field disciplines. His only title before leaving to fight inWorld War Iwas in the triple jump in 1915, his other 11 titles coming after the war. These were in: the triple jump in 1920; the high jump in 1920 and 1921; the long jump in 1920, 1922, 1927, and 1928; the javelin throw in 1921 and 1922; the shot put in 1927; and finally the pole vault in 1929.[7]
Sutherland was a policeman. He had a fatal fall from his bicycle on 8 July 1936 in Palmerston North when his shoulder strap became entangled with his knee and handlebars. He went head-first over his handlebar and broke his neck.[8][9]
References
[edit]- ^abcde"Sutherland, Ernest George – WW1 23/927 – Army".Archives New Zealand.Retrieved12 April2021.
- ^"Ernest Sutherland".Olympedia.Retrieved2 October2021.
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- ^"Birth search: registration number 1894/3339".Births, deaths & marriages online.Department of Internal Affairs.Retrieved12 April2021.
- ^"Ernest George Sutherland".Online Cenotaph.Auckland War Memorial Museum.Retrieved12 April2021.
- ^"The roll of honour".Otago Daily Times.No. 16610. 5 February 1916. p. 8.Retrieved12 April2021.
- ^Hollings, Stephen (October 2019)."National champions 1887–2019"(PDF).Athletics New Zealand.Retrieved12 April2021.
- ^"Death of former well-known athlete".The New Zealand Herald.Vol. LXXIII, no. 22466. 9 July 1936. p. 10.Retrieved17 June2017.
- ^""An extraordinary case"".The Press.Vol. LXXII, no. 21833. 13 July 1936. p. 14.Retrieved17 June2017.
- 1894 births
- 1936 deaths
- Sportspeople from Palmerston North
- South African decathletes
- Olympic athletes for South Africa
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1924 Summer Olympics
- New Zealand expatriates in South Africa
- Olympic decathletes
- New Zealand decathletes
- Road incident deaths in New Zealand
- Cycling road incident deaths
- New Zealand military personnel of World War I
- New Zealand Athletics Championships winners