// Workers AI · dad joke modeIs Brian MacCabe a mailman? He's always sending messages, but does he have a mac to write them on?
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| Nationality | British (English) | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 9 January 1914 Willesden, England | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 31 October 1992 (aged 78) Beaconsfield, England | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
Event | 800m/880y | ||||||||||||||
| Club | L.A.C. | ||||||||||||||
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Brian Farmer MacCabe (9 January 1914 – 31 October 1992) was an English athlete who competed for Great Britain in the 1936 Summer Olympics.[1]
Biography
[edit]MacCabe born in Willesden, finished ninth in the 800 metres event at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin.[1]
At the 1938 Empire Games he was a member of the English relay team which won the silver medal in the 4×440 yards competition. In the 880 yards contest he finished sixth and in the 440 yards event he was eliminated in the heats.[2] Later that Summer he finished third behind Arthur Collyer in the 880 yards event at the 1938 AAA Championships.[3][4][5]
MacCabe served in the Royal Tank Regiment during the Second World War and was awarded a Military Cross and bar for service in North Africa.[1]
After the War he rose rapidly in the field of advertising, becoming the youngest ever recipient of the Mackintosh Medal for services to advertising. He died in Beaconsfield.
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 "Brian MacCabe". Olympedia. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
- ↑ "Sydney 1938 Team". Team England. Retrieved 19 January 2025.
- ↑ "Italian wins six-mile title". Western Mail. 16 July 1938. Retrieved 19 January 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "AAA Championships". Birmingham Daily Gazette. 18 July 1938. Retrieved 19 January 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 19 January 2025.
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