death_place death_date birth_place medaltemplates birth_date article_title name
toronto , ontario 9 october 2011 bury , lancashire , england men 's athletics 23 june 1914 james worrall
 james worrall
james worrall

james `` jim '' worrall , -lrb- june 23 , 1914 -- october 9 , 2011 -rrb- was a canadian lawyer , olympic track and field athlete , and sports administrator .
born in bury , lancashire , england , worrall emigrated to montreal , quebec in 1922 .
he received a bachelor of science degree from mcgill university in 1935 .
he received his law degree from osgoode hall law school and went on to practice law in toronto .
a track and field athlete , worrall was the canadian team flag bearer at the 1936 summer olympics opening ceremonies .
he competed in both hurdling contests .
in the 110 metre hurdles event as well as in the 400 metre hurdles competition he was eliminated in the first round .
at the 1934 british empire games held in london he won the silver medal in the 120 yards hurdles contest .
in the quarter mile hurdles event -lrb- 440 yards -rrb- he finished fourth .
following his competitive retirement , he moved into sports administration within the olympic movement .
from 1964 to 1968 , worrall was the president of the canadian olympic committee and he rose to be a member of the international olympic committee -- a position he held from 1967 to 1989 .
in 1989 , he was made an honorary member of the international olympic committee .
worrall was a member of the board of directors of the organizing committees for the 1976 summer olympics and the 1988 winter olympics .
in 1976 , worrall was made an officer of the order of canada .
in 1987 , he was inducted into canada 's sports hall of fame .
in 1991 , he was inducted into the olympic hall of fame .
in 1998 , he was inducted to the mcgill university sports hall of fame .
in july 2009 worrall was noted as canada 's second oldest living olympian , and he became the oldest upon the death of marjory saunders in november 2010 .
