Stan Lay

Stan Lay

MedalSport | Men's Athletics MedalCountry | NZL MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Games MedalSilver| 1938 Sydney|Javelin

Stanley "Stan" Arthur Lay, MBE (July 27, 1906 – May 12, 2003) was a New Zealand track and field athlete who competed in Javelin throwing at the 1928 Summer Olympics at Amsterdam, the 1930 British Empire Games in Ontario and the 1938 British Empire Games in Sydney.

In 1928 he finished seventh in the javelin throw competition. At the British Empire Games he won a gold medal in 1930, and a silver medal in 1938.

He was born in New Plymouth. He was a signwriter at Stratford, and could not afford the time off to go to the 1934 British Empire Games in London.

External links

* [http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/Gov12_12Rail-fig-Gov12_12Rail039a.html Photo of Stan Lay, 1930s]

References

*"New Zealand Sporting Legends: 27 Pre-War Sporting Heroes" by Neville McMillan pages 74-78 (1993, Moa Beckett, Auckland) ISBN 1-96958-013-1

External links

* [http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/la/stan-lay-1.html profile]
* [http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?objectid=3502393 New Zealand Herald obituary]
* [http://www.pukeariki.com/en/stories/sport/StanLay.htm Pukeariki Museum, New Plymouth, New Zealand]


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