page_title: Jimmy Curran
section_title: Personal life
hierarchical_section_title: Jimmy Curran / Personal life
caption_attribution_description: English: Jimmy Curran at Franklin Field, Philadelphia
context_page_description: James Michael Curran was an athletics coach, best known for training five Olympic gold medallists. From 1900-1902 he fought with the Highland Light Infantry in the Second Boer War, serving much of that time under Major General Sir Hector MacDonald. When based at Port Elizabeth after hostilities had ended, he discovered the sprinter Wyndham Halswelle. After the war Curran trained Halswelle, who went on to compete in the 1906 Intercalated Games in Athens, and at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, winning silver and bronze medals at the former, and a controversial gold at the latter.
context_section_description: Curran married Janet Mabon in 1907, and the couple had five children. Through his wife he was related to the Scottish runner Eric Liddell, and the American professional golfer Scott Hoch. He died of a heart attack on February 7, 1963.
caption: Jimmy Curran at Franklin Field, Philadelphia
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