David Johnson (Canadian Olympian)
- David Johnson (Canadian Olympian)
David Moffat Johnson, who was born in 1902 at Lachine, Quebec, was a Canadian athlete and 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".
Johnson, was a star athlete at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, 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 will be inducted posthumously, into the McGill Sports Hall of Fame.
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