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Title: County Long Jump Championships - Army
Post by: gwarwick on Friday 06 February 15 22:03 GMT (UK)

Hi I was wondering whether anyone could give some suggestions. My husband has just informed me that his father was a long jump county champion when he was in the army. His name is Gordon Morgan and he was born in Staffordshire.

Any ideas on where I could search for information on the county long jump?

Title: Re: County Long Jump Championships - Army
Post by: chempat on Saturday 07 February 15 07:49 GMT (UK)

Could you give an approximate indication of year, please?

Also, does he mean that the county was definitely Staffordshire, or could it have been an Open championship, so anywhere in the country?

Try and contact them for information?

http://www.staffs-athletics.org.uk/

Also:

http://archiveshub.ac.uk/data/gb150-aaa

Title: Re: County Long Jump Championships - Army
Post by: gwarwick on Saturday 07 February 15 09:44 GMT (UK)

Hi and thank you. unfortunately information is sketchy at the moment as only just heard about it. He was born in Walsall in 1932. So would be looking from 1948 onwards.