George A. Garrick

George Adeniji Garrick na Siluko, MB ChB (8 Afrilu 1917 - 12 Yuli 1988) ya rike tarihin tsalle-tsalle na Najeriya daga 1938 zuwa 1952.

 Fage 
An haife shi a Legas a ranar 8 ga Afrilu 1917, George Adeniji Garrick shi ne babban ɗan Stanley David Garrick, babban jami'in gwamnati kuma mai kula da Oba na Benin a Masarautar Benin, yanzu a kudu maso yammacin Najeriya . Kakansa limamin katakist ne na Saliyo Creole a Brass, Nigeria mai suna JD Garrick.

George Garrick ya halarci Kwalejin King, Legas inda ya kasance Head Boy. Ya yi fice a fannin ilimi kuma an san shi da bajintar sa a wasannin da suka hada da cricket da kwallon kafa da kabewa da kuma wasannin motsa jiki.

 Rikodin kasa 
A cikin 1938, Garrick ya ji daɗin lokacinsa mafi kyau lokacin da ya kafa tarihin High Jump na Najeriya tare da share ƙafa 6 3 da 1/2 inci a lokacin gasar wasannin motsa jiki a Legas. Tarihinsa ya kasance ba a doke shi ba har tsawon shekaru goma sha hudu kuma ya sa ya sami karbuwa a kasa. An halicci hoton littafin motsa jiki don girmama gudunmawarsa ga wasanni gabaɗaya da Babban Jump musamman; wanda miliyoyin daliban Najeriya suka saba da shi.

Barkewar yakin duniya na biyu a shekara ta 1939 ya kawo karshen fatan Garrick na samun lambar yabo a gasar daular Biritaniya wadda, da yawanci, za a gudanar da ita a shekarar 1942. Duk da haka, ya ci gaba da yin rijistar nasarorin wasannin motsa jiki da dama a matsayin dalibin likitanci a Jami'ar Glasgow a shekarun yaki. A watan Oktoba na 1946, jami'a ta ba shi kyautar Full Athletics Blue; Sa'an nan, a cikin 1947, ya sami lambar yabo ta duniya wakiltar Scotland da Ingila da Ireland . Daga baya, an nada shi Kyaftin na Wasan Wasan Kwallon Kafa na Jami'ar don lokacin 1948 – 49.

 Manazarta 

Rukuni:Mutuwan 1988
Rukuni:Haifaffun 1917