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Edwin Flack
Sign in to saveAlso known as Edwin Harold "Teddy" Flack, Teddy Flack, Edwin Harold Flack
Australian middle distance runner and tennis player (1873-1935)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Giambologna's Cappella di Sant'Antonino for the Salviati family
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1937-02-10
- Active to
- 2025-02-24
Discography
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- The Luminosity Function and Stellar Evolution.
· 1955 · cited 7,340x
- On enantiomorph-polarity estimation
· 1983 · cited 6,975x
- Regression Diagnostics
· 1980 · cited 6,459x
- The Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule—Generic: A Standard Measure of Social and Communication Deficits Associated with the Spectrum of Autism
· 2000 · cited 6,280x
- Cognition in the Wild
· 1995 · cited 6,116x
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Key facts
- Full name
- Edwin Harold Flack
- Nickname
- Teddy
- Nationality
- Australian
- Born
- ( 1873-11-05 ) 5 November 1873, Islington , London, England
- Died
- 10 January 1935 (1935-01-10) (aged 61), Melbourne , Victoria, Australia
- Sport
- Athletics tennis
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- Edwin Flack
- date of birth
- 1873-11-05
- date of death
- 1935-01-10
- birth name
- Edwin Harold Flack
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Edwin Harold Flack (5 November 1873 – 10 January 1935) was an Australian athlete and tennis player. Also known as "Teddy", he was Australia's first Olympian, being its only representative in 1896, and the first Olympic champion in the 800 metres and the 1500 metres running events.
Following Flack's Olympic appearance, he did not compete in any major events again, opting to breed cattle and help his family's accounting firm. Flack died aged 61 following an operation, and was buried in his hometown of Berwick. He is commemorated with a bronze statue of him on High Street and a reserve bearing his name including several sporting grounds honoring his legacy and contributions to sports. Flack was also inducted into the Sport Australia and Athletics Australia halls of fame in 1985 and 2000, respectively.