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Harold Douglas Kermode | |
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| Born | Harold Douglas Kermode July 18, 1922 Nanaimo, Canada |
| Died | August 19, 2009 (aged 87) |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Occupation | Basketball Player |
| Known for | Part of 1948 Canadian Olympic Basketball Team |
Harry Kermode (July 18, 1922 – August 19, 2009) was a Canadian basketball player who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics. Kermode was part of the Canadian basketball team which finished ninth in the Basketball at the 1948 Summer Olympics. At a young age, his interests were found in soccer but, while working towards a Forestry Engineering degree from the University of British Columbia, he spent several years on the school's basketball team, a tenure that was interrupted by his training in the Canadian Air Force during World War II. In the 1945-1946 season, the team went 28-6 in the regular season, a record that heralds the team as one of the best sports teams in the Universityâs history even 60 years later, and took the Pacific Northwest Collegiate Conference Championships, with a 9-1 record. Their subsequent exhibition tour, which included a victory over the Harlem Globetrotters, helped raise money to construct the UBC War Memorial Gym. It was his participation as a top scorer on the 1947-1948 team, however, that earned him (as well his team) a spot in the Olympic Games. On the court, he was characterized as a high-scorer and a crowd favourite. After the Olympic Games he began a life-long career in forestry, and also took up golf and tennis, the latter as both a player and a coach. As part of the 1945-46 UBC Thunderbirds, he was inducted into the British Columbia Sports Hall of Fame in 1984 and as part of the 1947-48 team, he was inducted into the University of British Columbia Sports Hall of Fame in 1996.[1] Kermode was a father of 4 children and had a wife of 54 years when he died. [2]
| Round | Opposition | Result | Points |
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| Group A | ITA | W | 8 |
| Group A | BRA | L | 4 |
| Group A | URA | W | 14 |
References
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Harry Kermode Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2016-12-04. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
- ^ "Harold Douglas Kermode Obituary". Legacy. Times Colonist. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
- ^ "1948 Olympic Stats". Retrieved 8 December 2018.
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