Alfred Phillips (diver)

Alfred Phillips
Personal information
Born	July 27, 1908; Durham, England
Died	July 28, 1994 (aged 86); Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Medal record
Men's Diving
British Empire Games
Men's Curling
Macdonald Brier

Alfred Henry Phillips Sr. (July 27, 1908 – July 28, 1994) was a Canadian diver who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics and in the 1932 Summer Olympics. He was born in Durham and died in Toronto.

In 1928 he finished seventh in the 3 metre springboard event as well as seventh in the 10 metre platform competition. Four years later he finished fourth in the 1932 3 metre springboard event and again seventh in the 1932 10 metre platform contest. At the 1930 Empire Games, he won the gold medals in both diving events.

Phillips was posthumously inducted into the Canada's Sports Hall of Fame in 2015.^[1]

His son, Alf Phillips Jr.^[2] is a prominent curler, winner of the 1967 Macdonald Brier and bronze medallist at the 1967 Scotch Cup. Phillips Sr. also was an accomplished curler, representing Ontario at the 1956 Brier.^[3]

References[]

^ "Alf Philips". Canada's Sports Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 5 May 2018. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
^ "Double shuffle pays off in Toronto Brier victory". Ottawa Citizen. March 11, 1967. p. 18. Retrieved March 6, 2021.
^ "Alfred Sr. Phillips - Curling Canada Stats Archive".

Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Alfred Phillips". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.

This biographical article relating to Canadian diving is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by .