Personal information | ||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Full name | Percy Francis Hobson | |||||||||||||
Nationality | Australian | |||||||||||||
Born | [1] Bourke, New South Wales, Australia | 5 November 1942|||||||||||||
Died | 4 January 2022 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | (aged 79)|||||||||||||
Height | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in)[2] | |||||||||||||
Sport | ||||||||||||||
Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||
Event(s) | High jump | |||||||||||||
Medal record
Percy Francis Hobson (5 November 1942 – 4 January 2022) was an Australian high jumper. He won the men's event at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth, making him the first Indigenous Australian to earn a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games. Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Personal life and death 4 Legacy 5 References Early life Hobson was born on 5 November 1942 in Bourke, New South Wales, to Fanny Williams and Percy Hobson. Fanny was the daughter of a respected NSW Police Aboriginal tracker, Frank Williams, who was a Ngemba man. One of ten children, Hobson was named Percy after his father and Francis after his grandfather and uncle who was killed on active service in Malaya around the time of his birth. His mother Fanny was from Brewarrina. During his youth Hobson trained using a makeshift high-jump. Career In November 1961, Percy Hobson broke the NSW resident high-jump record with a leap of 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m). In March 1962, at the Australian Athletics Championships, Hobson won the high jump event with a jump of 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m), defeating Tony Sneazwell on a countback. Eight months later at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth, Hobson, aged 20 years, won gold in the high jump clearing the bar at 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m), setting a new Commonwealth Games record. In doing so, he became the first Indigenous Australian to win a gold medal for Australia at the Commonwealth Games. Hobson received a hero's welcome when he returned to Bourke and the local brass band played "Hail, the Conquering Hero". Personal life and death Hobson died in Melbourne, Victoria, on 4 January 2022, at the age of 79. A mural of Hobson in Bourke, 2021 Legacy A local park in Bourke was later renamed Percy Hobson Park in his honour. A small standing exhibit on Hobson is at Bourke's The Back 'O Bourke Exhibition Centre. On the park's water tower, a mural project was commenced prior to July 2020 to raise funds to paint a mural on the tower, supported by Hobson's sisters Freda Harvey and Heather Mieni. With the base coats applied, the mural started in April 2021, a re-creation of an iconic photo of the moment Hobson earned his first gold medal. Percy Hobson (high jumper) Percy Percy Hobson (high jumper) Percy Hobson (high jumper) Percy Hobson (high jumper) Percy Hobson (high jumper) Percy Hobson (high jumper) Percy Hobson (high jumper) search searchPercy Hobson (high jumper) search Percy Hobson (high jumper) dies Percy Hobson (high jumper) funeral details Percy Hobson (high jumper) funeral notice Percy Hobson (high jumper) funeral service Percy Hobson (high jumper) life story why did Percy Hobson (high jumper) die? who was Percy Hobson (high jumper) married to? who were Percy Hobson (high jumper)'s children? was Percy Hobson (high jumper) gay? where did Percy Hobson (high jumper) live? where did Percy Hobson (high jumper) work? where did Percy Hobson (high jumper) go to school? what was Percy Hobson (high jumper)'s criminal history? what was Percy Hobson (high jumper)'s phone number? what was Percy Hobson (high jumper)'s email address? what was Percy Hobson (high jumper)'s social security number? what was Percy Hobson (high jumper)'s blood type? what was Percy Hobson (high jumper)'s eye color? what was Percy Hobson (high jumper)'s favorite food? what was Percy Hobson (high jumper)'s favorite movie? what was Percy Hobson (high jumper)'s favorite band? what was Percy Hobson (high jumper)'s favorite colour? what crimes was Percy Hobson (high jumper) convicted of? who attended Percy Hobson (high jumper)'s funeral? how tall was Percy Hobson (high jumper)? how old was Percy Hobson (high jumper)? how much did Percy Hobson (high jumper) weigh? how much money did Percy Hobson (high jumper) have? what was Percy Hobson (high jumper)'s net worth? was Percy Hobson (high jumper) ever married? what was Percy Hobson (high jumper)'s IQ? what was the reason for Percy Hobson (high jumper)'s death? was Percy Hobson (high jumper) 's nickname? is Percy Hobson (high jumper) really dead? when did Percy Hobson (high jumper) die? where did Percy Hobson (high jumper) die? what was the cause of Percy Hobson (high jumper)'s death? when is Percy Hobson (high jumper)'s funeral? where will Percy Hobson (high jumper)'s funeral be held? Percy Hobson (high jumper) bereavement Percy Hobson (high jumper) casualty Percy Hobson (high jumper) cessation Percy Hobson (high jumper) curtains Percy Hobson (high jumper) darkness Percy Hobson (high jumper) decease Percy Hobson (high jumper) demise Percy Hobson (high jumper) departure Percy Hobson (high jumper) destruction Percy Hobson (high jumper) dissolution Percy Hobson (high jumper) downfall Percy Hobson (high jumper) dying Percy Hobson (high jumper) end Percy Hobson (high jumper) ending Percy Hobson (high jumper) eradication Percy Hobson (high jumper) euthanasia Percy Hobson (high jumper) exit Percy Hobson (high jumper) cause of death Percy Hobson (high jumper) how she died Percy Hobson (high jumper) when she died Percy Hobson (high jumper) where she died Percy Hobson (high jumper) how he died Percy Hobson (high jumper) when he died Percy Hobson (high jumper) where he died Percy Hobson (high jumper) suicide Percy Hobson (high jumper) death Percy Hobson (high jumper) by her own hand Percy Hobson (high jumper) by his own hand Percy Hobson (high jumper) gunshot Percy Hobson (high jumper) murder Percy Hobson (high jumper) robbery Percy Hobson (high jumper) stabbing Percy Hobson (high jumper) car accident Percy Hobson (high jumper) drowning Percy Hobson (high jumper) paper cut Percy Hobson (high jumper) accident Percy Hobson (high jumper) crash Percy Hobson (high jumper) depression Percy Hobson (high jumper) mental illness Percy Hobson (high jumper) cancer Percy Hobson (high jumper) expiration Percy Hobson (high jumper) extermination Percy Hobson (high jumper) extinction Percy Hobson (high jumper) fatality Percy Hobson (high jumper) finis Percy Hobson (high jumper) divorce Percy Hobson (high jumper) alcoholism Percy Hobson (high jumper) brain tumor Percy Hobson (high jumper) lung cancer Percy Hobson (high jumper) naked photos Percy Hobson (high jumper) porn movie Percy Hobson (high jumper) last words Percy Hobson (high jumper) last meal Percy Hobson (high jumper) christian faith Percy Hobson (high jumper) christian worship did Percy Hobson (high jumper) go to heaven did Percy Hobson (high jumper) go to hell does jesus love Percy Hobson (high jumper) Percy Hobson (high jumper) ex husband Percy Hobson (high jumper) ex wife Percy Hobson (high jumper) pet names Percy Hobson (high jumper) finish Percy Hobson (high jumper) grave Percy Hobson (high jumper) heaven Percy Hobson (high jumper) loss Percy Hobson (high jumper) mortality Percy Hobson (high jumper) necrosis Percy Hobson (high jumper) obliteration Percy Hobson (high jumper) oblivion Percy Hobson (high jumper) paradise Percy Hobson (high jumper) parting Percy Hobson (high jumper) passing Percy Hobson (high jumper) quietus Percy Hobson (high jumper) release Percy Hobson (high jumper) repose Percy Hobson (high jumper) ruin Percy Hobson (high jumper) ruination Percy Hobson (high jumper) silence Percy Hobson (high jumper) sleep Percy Hobson (high jumper) termination Percy Hobson (high jumper) tomb Percy Hobson (high jumper) eternal rest Percy Hobson (high jumper) grim reaper Percy Hobson (high jumper) passing over Percy Hobson (high jumper) obituary Percy Hobson (high jumper) legacy who killed Percy Hobson (high jumper)? what killed Percy Hobson (high jumper)? where was Percy Hobson (high jumper) killed? where was Percy Hobson (high jumper) murdered? how old was Percy Hobson (high jumper)? how dead was Percy Hobson (high jumper)? Percy Hobson (high jumper) سبب الوفاة Percy Hobson (high jumper) doodsoorzaak Percy Hobson (high jumper) cause de décès Percy Hobson (high jumper) Todesursache Percy Hobson (high jumper) causa di morte Percy Hobson (high jumper) 死 Percy Hobson (high jumper) причина смерти Percy Hobson (high jumper) causa de la muerte Percy Hobson (high jumper) dödsorsak |