Guy Brockington

A former member of the advertising department of The Times newspaper, Guy Brockington won the long jump at the 1920 Times AAA Sports Championships. After moving from The Times to the Valuation Office at the Inland Revenue he won several Civil Service long jump titles between 1922-29, and the high jump title in 1923. Brockington was a member of the Polytechnic Harriers, and was a Middlesex, Surrey, and Southern Counties long jump champion. He was also an England international.

Brockington never won a AAA long jump title. He was, however, the highest placed British jumper in 1922 when he finished fourth behind the Norwegians Charles Hoff and Sverre Hansen, and the Finn Ville Tuulos. Brockington then had two third-places behind winner Harold Abrahams in both 1923 and 1924, which saw him selected as a reserve for the Paris Olympics.

Shortly before the end of World War I, in 1917, Brockington joined the London Regiment, Army Pay Corps before his discharge in 1920. He saw brief service in France for nine weeks.

Personal Best: LJ – 6.72 (1923).