Jack Walker (athlete)

Jack Walker
Personal information
NationalityBritish (English)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event
Pole vault
ClubPort Sunlight AC
Oxford University AC

John Howard Walker known as Jack Walker, was a male athlete who competed for England.

Biography

Walker studied at The Queen's College, Oxford.[1]

Walker represented Port Sunlight Athletic Club and Oxford University.[2]

He represented England at the 1934 British Empire Games[3][4] in London, where he competed in the pole vault event.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Oxford Blue's Easy Win". Birmingham Daily Post. 28 February 1933. Retrieved 7 September 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. ^ "When a ray of sunlight shone on British vaulting: the life of Joe Birkett". Northern Athletics. Archived from the original on 14 July 2019. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
  3. ^ "London 1934 Team". Team England. Retrieved 7 September 2025.
  4. ^ "England's Athletes". Sunday Mirror. 22 July 1934. Retrieved 7 September 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ^ "England London 1934". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 25 October 2021. Retrieved 7 September 2025.