About Edward Leader
Lived 1882 – 1959 (aged 76). Edward Leader was a British athletics competitor.
Edward Eastlake Leader (28 August 1882 – 22 April 1959) was a British hurdler who competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics.
Biography Leader was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge. In 1904, Leader won the varsity high jump match for Cambridge against Oxford and finished second at the 1905 Oxbridge Sports.
Leader finished second behind Con Leahy in the high jump event at the 1905 AAA Championships. The following year at the 1906 AAA Championships he finished third behind Leahy again.
At the 1908 Olympic Games in London, he competed in the men's 110 metres hurdles competition, finishing second in heat 13 and the Men's high jump event, finishing in tenth place.
In 1908 he was called to the Bar and became a barrister.
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Who was Edward Leader?
British athletics competitor (1882-1959)
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Edward Leader was born on 28 August 1882.
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Edward Leader died on 22 April 1959.
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Edward Leader was an athletics competitor.
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Edward Leader was British.
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