David Johnson (Canadian runner)

For the American decathlete, see Dave Johnson (decathlete).

David Moffat Johnson (April 30, 1902 – 1973) was born in Lachine, Quebec and was a Canadian track runner. He was Canada's top performer in athletics at the Olympic Games of 1924 held in Paris, where he finished fourth in two events, including the 400-metre race which was won by Scotland's Eric Liddell, who was immortalised in the film Chariots of Fire. He was a star athlete at McGill University[1] in Montreal, where he led the varsity track and field team to four consecutive championships in the 1920s. After graduating with an arts degree in 1923, he became the first McGill athlete to earn a Rhodes scholarship to the University of Oxford in England. In October, 2007, he was posthumously inducted into the McGill Sports Hall of Fame.

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  1. ↑ Profile, mcgill.ca; accessed 13 January 2016.

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