Special tribute to the late veteran athlete champion - Professor Anthony (Tony) Crocker - RIP.

By Don Hale don hale blog


 *This is a photo of Tony Crocker taken by Roger Garland, proudly wearing his “GB Veterans” tracksuit top, having just secured the European M75 High Jump title at Ancona in Italy in 2016.

Special tribute to the late veteran athletic champion - Professor Anthony (Tony) Crocker - RIP.


Report by Roger Garland.

 

It is with sadness that I am writing to inform you of the recent death of Tony Crocker. 

Tony was an exceptional “Vet” athlete for many years as a member of the Droitwich Club and MMAC, still holding no less than eight MVTFL records across four disciplines and several different age categories.

He was also very successful at Regional, National, European, and World Championship level, winning a hatful of gold medals whilst setting records within Great Britain and overseas.   

Although the start of his athletics career pre-dated Power of 10, the amazing performances later in his career are very well documented.   

We owe a lot to Tony, as almost 50 years ago he was heavily involved in helping to organise some of the first T&F athletics competitions for veterans, comprising clubs at Stourport, Worcester, Cardiff and Dartford.   

This eventually led to veteran athletics leagues being formed in South Wales, the Midlands (MVTFL) and South-East England.

 

*A service to celebrate Tony’s life will be held at the Church of St Kenelm, in the Worcestershire village of Upton Snodsbury on Thursday 5th December from 1.30pm.




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