Athlete, educator.
Born at Winnipeg on 24 October 1933, son of Christine S. Parrington (?-1970) and Clarence Alfred Parrington (c1903-1985), his childhood was spent at Toronto, Ontario where he interest in sports was developed. He received a sports scholarship to the University of Houston where he tied the world record for the 100 metres, on 21 July 1956, and competed in the 1956 Melbourne Olympics. He returned to Winnipeg where he was a teacher, physical education supervisor, and Vice-Principal at Dieppe School (1980) in the Assiniboine South School Division. He was a founder, in 1979, of the Assiniboia Optimist Track Club. In 1962, he married Maureen Foster at Orillia, Ontario and they had three children. He died at his Winnipeg home on 5 March 2024.
Obituary [Christine S. Parrington], Winnipeg Free Press, 6 August 1970, page 27.
Obituary [Clarence Alfred Parrington], Winnipeg Free Press, 14 August 1985, page 53.
Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 16 March 2024.
“Once the fastest man alive,” Winnipeg Free Press, 20 July 2024, page C1.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 20 July 2024
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