Harry Cunningham (swimmer)
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| Born | c.1910 | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||
| Strokes | freestyle | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Motherwell YMI ASC | ||||||||||||||
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Henry Cunningham (born c.1910)[1] was a Scottish competitive swimmer who specialsed in freestyle and represented Scotland at the 1934 British Empire Games (now Commonwealth Games), winning a bronze medal.
Biography
Cunningham was a member of the Motherwell Young Men's Institute ASC and in 1933 held the 150 yards Scottish record.[2]
After a spell in England with the Oldham Police club he returned to swim for Motherwell in September 1932.[3] He also played water polo and is recorded as saving a man from drowning in July 1933.[4]
He represented the Scottish team and won a bronze medal in the 4×200 yd freestyle relay event at the 1934 British Empire Games in London, England.[5][6]
In 1935, he was a cadet at the RAF depot in Uxbridge and was swimming for Yiewsley and West Drayton SC.[1]
See also
References
- ^ a b "Swimming champion". Buckinghamshire Advertiser. 20 September 1935. Retrieved 24 August 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Harry Cunningham" (PDF). Scottish Swim Archives. Retrieved 24 August 2025.
- ^ "Swimming". Motherwell Times. 16 September 1932. Retrieved 24 August 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Famous swimmer's smart work". Motherwell Times. 7 July 1933. Retrieved 24 August 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "England London 1934". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 17 June 2021. Retrieved 24 August 2025.
- ^ "Henry Cunningham". Team Scotland. Retrieved 24 August 2025.