Jack Braughton
Jack Braughton
Running
1948 London Games
Jack Braughton was born on 22nd February 1921 in Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire. He ran for Blackheath Harriers and was selected for the 5,000 metres in the 1948 London Games.
You can read his own story in a News Shopper article at Olympian Jack Braughton shares his memories of the 1948 games