Harry Kermode

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 University’s 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
Group A ITA W 8
Group A BRA L 4
Group A URA W 14
Harold Douglas Kermode
Born
Harold Douglas Kermode

(1922-07-18)July 18, 1922
Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada
DiedAugust 19, 2009(2009-08-19) (aged 87)
NationalityCanadian
OccupationBasketball Player
Known forPart of 1948 Canadian Olympic Basketball Team

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References
  1. 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 18 April 2020. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
  2. "Harold Douglas Kermode Obituary". Legacy. Times Colonist. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
  3. "1948 Olympic Stats". Retrieved 8 December 2018.


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