Canadian engineer, inventor, sprinter who won gold, silver, and bronze medals in the 1930 British Empire Games, and competed in the 1928 Olympics. He was the son of John Duncan Fitzpatrick and Agnes Elizabeth Willson. He was a member of the intercollegiate championship team in 1927 while enrolled at the University of Toronto. There he earned a degree in engineering in 1933. The next year he married Grace Edith Cowan, daughter of Hugh Cowan, in Toronto. John competed in the 100 meter, 200 meter, and 4x100 meter relay events in the 1928 Olympics, placing fifth in the 100. He won Canada's first gold medal in the inaugural British Empire Games held in Hamilton. He was associated with the Hamilton Olympic Club after university, and played for the Hamilton Tigers team when the team won the Grey Cup. He won seven gold medals in intercollegiate competition, 1927-1930. He also played Rugby in the interprovincial Rugby Football Union. After a brief stint with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, John joined Shell Canada as a diesel researcher. He also worked for construction companies in sales and joined the Ontario Ministry of Highways in the 1960s. He invented winter weather shelters to store sand and salt for road treatment; they are still used worldwide. In the 1970s he developed a water aeration system to prevent the St. Lawrence River from icing up in the winter where a crucial ferry connection to the Frontenac Islands operated. John and Grace had two sons, John McGillivray Fitzpatrick and Murray Alan Stuart Fitzpatrick.
This bio is based on a wikipedia page about John.
This bio is based on a wikipedia page about John.
Canadian engineer, inventor, sprinter who won gold, silver, and bronze medals in the 1930 British Empire Games, and competed in the 1928 Olympics. He was the son of John Duncan Fitzpatrick and Agnes Elizabeth Willson. He was a member of the intercollegiate championship team in 1927 while enrolled at the University of Toronto. There he earned a degree in engineering in 1933. The next year he married Grace Edith Cowan, daughter of Hugh Cowan, in Toronto. John competed in the 100 meter, 200 meter, and 4x100 meter relay events in the 1928 Olympics, placing fifth in the 100. He won Canada's first gold medal in the inaugural British Empire Games held in Hamilton. He was associated with the Hamilton Olympic Club after university, and played for the Hamilton Tigers team when the team won the Grey Cup. He won seven gold medals in intercollegiate competition, 1927-1930. He also played Rugby in the interprovincial Rugby Football Union. After a brief stint with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, John joined Shell Canada as a diesel researcher. He also worked for construction companies in sales and joined the Ontario Ministry of Highways in the 1960s. He invented winter weather shelters to store sand and salt for road treatment; they are still used worldwide. In the 1970s he developed a water aeration system to prevent the St. Lawrence River from icing up in the winter where a crucial ferry connection to the Frontenac Islands operated. John and Grace had two sons, John McGillivray Fitzpatrick and Murray Alan Stuart Fitzpatrick.
This bio is based on a wikipedia page about John.
This bio is based on a wikipedia page about John.
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