Hector "Hec" Denis Hogan (15 July 1931,

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2 September 1960,

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) was an Australian

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who competed mainly in the 100 yards and

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sprint, where he was seven-times Australian 100 yards champion. He also competed in the 220 yards/

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, which he won twice in the Australian Championships, and the

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which he won in 1954. He also competed in the

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. In March 1954, he equalled the world record for the 100 yards (9.3 seconds) and 100 metres (10.2 seconds) on a grass track in Sydney. He won

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s in the 100 yards and 4 × 100 yards relay at the 1954 Commonwealth Games in Vancouver. His time for the 100 yards was 9.7 seconds. In the 1958 Commonwealth Games at Cardiff he won a bronze for the 4 × 100 yards relay. He competed for Australia in the

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held in

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, where he won the bronze medal in the 100 metres. Hogan died on 2 September 1960 of

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, leaving his wife, Maureen, and a son. He was buried in Nudgee Cemetery.Hogan, Hector Denis (1931–1960)
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. Retrieved 19 December 2014. Hogan is related to Callum Davies, the 2023 Australian 1500 m and 5000 m champion.

References

External links

Official Commonwealth Games site
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