David Griffin (athlete)

David Griffin
Personal information
Born(1905-05-13)13 May 1905
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Died18 February 1944(1944-02-18) (aged 38)
Goose Bay, Labrador, Newfoundland
Sport
SportMiddle-distance running
Event1500 metres

David Francis Griffin (13 May 1905 – 18 February 1944) was a Canadian middle-distance runner. He competed in the men's 1500 metres at the 1928 Summer Olympics.[1]

He died serving as a Flying Officer in the Royal Canadian Air Force in World War II,[2] when passenger of a ferry plane from Iceland to Newfoundland which crashed.[1] His grave is located in the Goose Bay Joint Military Cemetery in Labrador.[2]

  1. ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "David Griffin Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  2. ^ a b "Casualty". www.cwgc.org. Retrieved 29 January 2018.