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”’Allan Watt”’ ( |
”’Allan Watt”’ () was a Scottish [[Sprint (running)|sprinter]] who represented Scotland and Great Britain in international competition.<ref name=”store”>{{cite web |url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/business/13212403.Watt_Brothers_expansion_plan_will_create_hundreds_of_jobs/ |title=Watt Brothers expansion plan will create hundreds of jobs |newspaper=[[The Herald (Glasgow)]] |date=5 May 2015 |accessdate=20 October 2015}}</ref> |
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==Athletics career== |
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===Junior=== |
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In 1939, Watt won the [[AAA Junior Championships]] [[100-yard dash|100 yards]] in 10 seconds (record) and the long jump with a distance of 6.78 metres at the [[White City Stadium]] in London.<ref name=”juniors”>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/bc2.htm |title=AAA Junior Championships |magazine=[[Athletics Weekly]] |date=2015 |accessdate=20 October 2015}}</ref> He also won the 100 yards and the long jump at the 1939 Scottish junior championships.<ref name=”strath” /> At the 1940 Scottish junior championships he won the 100 yards, 220 yards and the long jump.<ref name=”strath” /> |
In 1939, Watt won the [[AAA Junior Championships]] [[100-yard dash|100 yards]] in 10 seconds (record) and the long jump with a distance of 6.78 metres at the [[White City Stadium]] in London.<ref name=”juniors”>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/bc2.htm |title=AAA Junior Championships |magazine=[[Athletics Weekly]] |date=2015 |accessdate=20 October 2015}}</ref> He also won the 100 yards and the long jump at the 1939 Scottish junior championships.<ref name=”strath” /> At the 1940 Scottish junior championships he won the 100 yards, 220 yards and the long jump.<ref name=”strath” /> |
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*[http://www.wattbrothers.com/announcement/1948-2/ Watt Brothers – Allan Watt] |
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*[http://www.giffnocksouth.co.uk/pdf/sentinel/0612.pdf Giffnock South Parish Church – Allan Watt] |
*[http://www.giffnocksouth.co.uk/pdf/sentinel/0612.pdf Giffnock South Parish Church – Allan Watt] |
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Latest revision as of 15:12, 19 December 2025
Scottish sprinter (1921–2014)
Allan Watt (1921–2014) was a Scottish sprinter who represented Scotland and Great Britain in international competition.[1]
Watt was born in 1921.[2] In 1939, Watt won the AAA Junior Championships 100 yards in 10 seconds (record) and the long jump with a distance of 6.78 metres at the White City Stadium in London.[3] He also won the 100 yards and the long jump at the 1939 Scottish junior championships.[4] At the 1940 Scottish junior championships he won the 100 yards, 220 yards and the long jump.[4]
In 1941 he joined the British Army, serving with the Royal Army Ordnance Corps.[4] Watt gained a commission with the Royal Artillery (Field), attaining the rank of staff captain.[4] At the end of the war he was working in welfare and education in Kenya.[4] Following his demobilisation in 1946, he returned to training for his athletics career.[4]
At the British Games at White City in 1947 he was second to the American, Eddy Connell, in the 100 yards.[4] Connell set a new record of 9.6 seconds, with Watt running 9.85 seconds.[4] In June 1947 at the Scottish Athletics Championships at Hampden Park, he won the 100 yards in 10 seconds and the 220 yards in 22.5 seconds.[5] Watt was a member of the Shettleston Harriers running club in Glasgow.[5]
Later that year he competed at Meadowbank Stadium in Edinburgh in an England/Wales and Scotland/Ireland competition.[4] He was second to McDonald Bailey in the 100 yards and fourth in the 220 yards.[4] Watt was selected for Great Britain at a meet in Antwerp, finishing second to McDonald Bailey in the 100 metres and second to Britain’s John Fairgrieve in the 200 metres.[4]
In 1948 he won the 100 yards at the Scottish Championships, and was second to D. D. MacKenzie in the 220 yards.[4] Watt was runner-up in the 100 metres at the International Match in White City representing Scotland, and also ran at the British Championships.[4] That summer he was a member of the Great Britain 4 × 400 metres relay team at the 1948 Summer Olympics.[4]
Following his retirement from athletics he became a director of the family department store, Watt Brothers, on Sauchiehall Street in Glasgow.[1] Watt died in 2014.[6]
