Joe Haley
Joseph Brennan Haley (October 16, 1913 – May 1997) was a Canadian athlete who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. He was born in Red Islands, Nova Scotia and lived in Pictou, Nova Scotia, before he moved to Trail, British Columbia at age 12. In 1936 he finished twelfth in the Olympic high jump event. At the 1934 British Empire Games he won the silver medal in the high jump competition, losing a 'jump-off' for the gold medal against Edwin Thacker of South Africa. Four years later he finished sixth in the high jump contest at the 1938 Empire Games. Joe Haley held the Canadian high jump record. A track oval in Warfield, British Columbia was named in his honor. References 1913 births 1997 deaths People from Richmond County, Nova Scotia Canadian male high jumpers Olympic track and field athletes for Canada Athletes (track and field) at the 1936 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1934 British Empire Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1938 British Empire Games Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Canada Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics Sportspeople from Nova Scotia Sportspeople from Trail, British Columbia 20th-century Canadian people Medallists at the 1934 British Empire