Jock Dalrymple

Jock Dalrymple was one of the pioneers of British javelin throwing. Standing only 1.65 (5-5), he was invalided out of the Army with an 80% disability but he overcame these handicaps with a rigorous program of body building. Although he was obliged to practice in the railway yards at Bedford, where he worked as a carriage cleaner for the LMS Railway, he was the first Briton to exceed 170 ft. (51.82) and 180 ft. (54.86) in the javelin. Dalrymple won the Scottish title four times (1925-27, 1930) and at the AAA Championships he placed in the first six for eight successive years (1922-29), winning in 1923 and being the leading Briton on six other occasions. During 1923 and 1924 he improved the British record six times and in 1948 his son, Malcolm, also set a British record.

Personal Best: JT – 56.83 (186-5½) (1924).