Edwin Carr (athlete)

Edwin William Carr Jr. FRCS FRCSE FRACS (2 September 1928 – 25 March 2018)[1] was an Australian athlete. He was a gold medallist in the 440 yards and 4 x 440 yard relay at the 1950 British Empire Games and also competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki.

For his father, also an athlete of the same name, see Slip Carr.

Edwin Carr
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Australia
Commonwealth Games
1950 Auckland 440 yards
1950 Auckland 4x440 yard relay

In addition to his athletic career, Carr was also a surgeon. After the Helsinki Olympics, he completed his studies in medicine and surgery at the University of Sydney. He was visiting honorary surgeon at Blacktown Hospital from 1965 to 1984, and was a military surgeon at Ingleburn Army Camp in Sydney. In 1970, he did a tour of duty in the Vietnam War as a surgeon at the Australian field hospital in Vũng Tàu.[2]

In 2000, a portrait of him was hung in the Archibald Prize painted by Ann Morton. His father, Slip Carr, was also an Olympian (1924 Paris 100m semi-finalist).

References
  1. "Edwin Carr". Cowra Guardian. 30 March 2018. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
  2. "Vale: Edwin William Carr (1928–2018)". Athletics Australia. Retrieved 2 April 2018.


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