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Last Name: Gillis. Sport: Track & Field. Inductee Type: Athlete. Year Inducted: 2016. Home Town: Gillisdale. County: Inverness County. Details: Simon Peter Gillis, of Gillisdale, a world-class athlete and three-time Olympic hammer thrower, put his Cape Breton community on the map.
Biography. References. Simon Gillis. Simon Peter Gillis (April 6, 1875 – January 14, 1964) was an American track and field athlete, a member of the New York Athletic Club, and the New York City Police Department. He was one of a group of athletes known as the Irish Whales and frequently kept company with members of the Irish American Athletic Club.
Simon Gillis was the only ‘Whale’ not born in Ireland. He was born in Nova Scotia of Irish parents. In the 1908 Olympic Games in London, members of the Irish American Athletic Club won 11 gold medals, 3 of which were won by the Whales alone. The Whales won a total of 23 medals in 5 Olympic Games under the flags of the USA and Canada.
Aug 24, 2016 · August 24, 2016 5:32am. See-Saw. Iain Canning and Emile Sherman’s See-Saw Films has appointed Simon Gillis to the newly created position of Head of Commercial Affairs. Gillis will take up the...
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Simon Gillis grew up on Cape Breton Island but moved to New York as a teenager to join his brother. Representing CCNY and the NYAC, he was later runner-up in the 1906 AAU hammer throw. Gillis had one major tragedy in his athletic career when, during a practice in an empty lot on Park Avenue, one of his throws struck a local boy in the head ...
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Biography. Simon Gillis grew up on Cape Breton Island but moved to New York as a teenager to join his brother. Representing CCNY and the NYAC, he was later runner-up in the 1906 AAU hammer throw. Gillis had one major tragedy in his athletic career when, during a practice in an empty lot on Park Avenue, one of his throws struck a local boy in ...
Jan 23, 2019 · By Tom Grater 23 January 2019. UK, Australian and US production powerhouse See-Saw Films has promoted Simon Gillis to chief operating officer of the company’s film division, effectively...
