Bob Pirie

Canadian swimmer

Bob Pirie

Personal information
Full name| Robert Charles Pirie
Nickname| "Bob"
National team|  Canada
Born| (1916-04-30)April 30, 1916
Toronto, Ontario, Canada[1]
Died| January 22, 1984(1984-01-22) (aged 67)
Los Angeles, California, United States
Sport
Sport| Swimming
Strokes| Freestyle

Medal record

Representing Canada
British Empire Games
|  1934 London | 4×200 yd freestyle
|  1938 Sydney | 110 yd freestyle
|  1938 Sydney | 440 yd freestyle
|  1934 London | 1500 yd freestyle
|  1938 Sydney | 1650 yd freestyle
|  1938 Sydney | 4×220 yd freestyle
|  1938 Sydney | 3×110 yd medley
|  1934 London | 440 yd freestyle

Robert Charles Pirie (April 30, 1916 - January 22, 1984) was a Canadian freestyle swimmer who competed internationally in the 1930s.

## Background

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Pirie was unanimously selected as the Lou Marsh Trophy winner for 1939, recognizing Canada's top athlete. That year, in Hawaii, he broke the 220-yard world record long held by Johnny Weissmuller and finished third in the U.S. national championships in the 110-yard and 220-yard freestyle races, with Japanese swimmers taking the top two spots in both races. At the time, he held every Canadian freestyle swimming record from 100 metres to two miles.

Earlier, Pirie won silver and bronze in freestyle events at the 1934 British Empire Games. His sister, Irene Pirie, also won individual silver and bronze freestyle medals at the same games. Four years later, at the 1938 British Empire Games, Pirie won gold in the 110-yard freestyle and the 440-yard freestyle events, and silver in the 1650-yard freestyle race. Pirie attended and participated in the 1936 Summer Olympics. In the 400-metre freestyle and 1500-metre freestyle, he was eliminated in the semi-finals. He was also a member of the Canadian relay team which finished seventh in the 4×200-metre freestyle relay.

Pirie was inducted into the Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame in 1975. The Bob Pirie Trophy is presented each year by Swim Ontario to the top male swimmer in Ontario as selected by the Ontario Swimming Coaches' Association. The female swimmer of the year receives the Irene Pirie Trophy. Pirie was posthumously inducted into the Canada's Sports Hall of Fame in 2015.[2]

## See also

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* List of Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming (men)

## References

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1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Bob Pirie". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
2. ^ "Robert Pirie". Canada's Sports Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on May 5, 2018. Retrieved 4 May 2018.

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Northern Star Award

1936–1950|

* Phil Edwards (1936)
* Marshal Cleland (1937)
* Bobby Pearce (1938)
* Bob Pirie (1939)
* Gérard Côté (1940)
* Theo Dubois (1941)
* Barbara Ann Scott (1945)
* Joe Krol (1946)
* Barbara Ann Scott (1947)
* Barbara Ann Scott (1948)
* Cliff Lumsdon (1949)
* Bob McFarlane (1950)

1951–1975|

* Marlene Streit (1951)
* George Genereux (1952)
* Doug Hepburn (1953)
* Marilyn Bell (1954)
* Beth Whittall (1955)
* Marlene Streit (1956)
* Maurice Richard (1957)
* Lucile Wheeler (1958)
* Barbara Wagner & Robert Paul (1959)
* Anne Heggtveit (1960)
* Bruce Kidd (1961)
* Donald Jackson (1962)
* Bill Crothers (1963)
* Roger Jackson & George Hungerford (1964)
* Petra Burka (1965)
* Elaine Tanner (1966)
* Nancy Greene (1967)
* Nancy Greene (1968)
* Russ Jackson (1969)
* Bobby Orr (1970)
* Hervé Filion (1971)
* Phil Esposito (1972)
* Sandy Hawley (1973)
* Ferguson Jenkins (1974)
* Bobby Clarke (1975)

1976–2000|

* Sandy Hawley (1976)
* Guy Lafleur (1977)
* Graham Smith / Ken Read (1978)
* Sandra Post (1979)
* Terry Fox (1980)
* Susan Nattrass (1981)
* Rick Hansen / Wayne Gretzky (1982)
* Wayne Gretzky (1983)
* Gaétan Boucher (1984)
* Wayne Gretzky (1985)
* Ben Johnson (1986)
* Ben Johnson (1987)
* Carolyn Waldo (1988)
* Wayne Gretzky (1989)
* Kurt Browning (1990)
* Silken Laumann (1991)
* Mark Tewksbury (1992)
* Mario Lemieux (1993)
* Myriam Bédard (1994)
* Jacques Villeneuve (1995)
* Donovan Bailey (1996)
* Jacques Villeneuve (1997)
* Larry Walker (1998)
* Caroline Brunet (1999)
* Daniel Igali (2000)

2001–present|

* Jamie Salé & David Pelletier (2001)
* Catriona Le May Doan (2002)
* Mike Weir (2003)
* Adam van Koeverden (2004)
* Steve Nash (2005)
* Cindy Klassen (2006)
* Sidney Crosby (2007)
* Chantal Petitclerc (2008)
* Sidney Crosby (2009)
* Joey Votto (2010)
* Patrick Chan (2011)
* Christine Sinclair (2012)
* Jon Cornish (2013)
* Kaillie Humphries (2014)
* Carey Price (2015)
* Penny Oleksiak (2016)
* Joey Votto (2017)
* Mikaël Kingsbury (2018)
* Bianca Andreescu (2019)
* Alphonso Davies / Laurent Duvernay-Tardif (2020)
* Damian Warner (2021)
* Marie-Philip Poulin (2022)
* Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (2023)

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Commonwealth champions in men's 100 m freestyle

* 1930 – 1934: 100 yards
* 1938 – 1966: 110 yards
* 1970 – present: 100 metres

* 1930:  Munroe Bourne (CAN)
* 1934:  George Burleigh (CAN)
* 1938:  Bob Pirie (CAN)
* 1950:  Peter Salmon (CAN)
* 1954:  Jon Henricks (AUS)
* 1958:  John Devitt (AUS)
* 1962:  Dick Pound (CAN)
* 1966:  Michael Wenden (AUS)
* 1970:  Michael Wenden (AUS)
* 1974:  Michael Wenden (AUS)
* 1978:  Mark Morgan (AUS)
* 1982:  Neil Brooks (AUS)
* 1986:  Greg Fasala (AUS)
* 1990:  Andrew Baildon (AUS)
* 1994:  Stephen Clarke (CAN)
* 1998:  Michael Klim (AUS)
* 2002:  Ian Thorpe (AUS)
* 2006:  Simon Burnett (ENG)
* 2010:  Brent Hayden (CAN)
* 2014:  James Magnussen (AUS)
* 2018:  Duncan Scott (SCO)
* 2022:  Kyle Chalmers (AUS)

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Commonwealth champions in men's 400 m freestyle

* 1930: 400 Yards Freestyle
* 1934 – 1966: 440 Yards Freestyle
* 1970 – 2010: 400 Metres Freestyle

* 1930:  Noel Ryan (AUS)
* 1934:  Noel Ryan (AUS)
* 1938:  Bob Pirie (CAN)
* 1950:  Garrick Agnew (AUS)
* 1954:  Gary Chapman (AUS)
* 1958:  John Konrads (AUS)
* 1962:  Murray Rose (AUS)
* 1966:  Bob Windle (AUS)
* 1970:  Graham White (AUS)
* 1974:  John Kulasalu (AUS)
* 1978:  Ron McKeon (AUS)
* 1982:  Andrew Astbury (ENG)
* 1986:  Duncan Armstrong (AUS)
* 1990:  Ian Brown (AUS)
* 1994:  Kieren Perkins (AUS)
* 1998:  Ian Thorpe (AUS)
* 2002:  Ian Thorpe (AUS)
* 2006:  David Carry (SCO)
* 2010:  Ryan Cochrane (CAN)
* 2014:  Ryan Cochrane (CAN)
* 2018:  Mack Horton (AUS)
* 2022:  Elijah Winnington (AUS)

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