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Jan 18, 2021 · John Armstrong (“Army”) Howard, sprinter, soldier (born 6 October 1888 in Winnipeg, MB; died 9 January 1937 in Winnipeg). John Armstrong Howard competed in the 1912 Olympic Summer Games in Stockholm, making him Canada’s first Black Olympic athlete.
Feb 6, 2019 · Canada’s first-ever black Olympian was born John Armstrong Howard, but everyone called him “Army.” Jerome represented Canada herself as a sprinter at the 1960 Rome Olympics, along with her...
Feb 27, 2022 · John “Army” Howard became the first Black Canadian to compete in the Olympics, at the 1912 Stockholm Games. His experience, however, was not the same as it was for the other athletes: he...
Howard was the son of a barber, and he became a mechanic in his youth, also playing baseball with Winnipeg's Crescent Creamery Baseball Club, but running was his passion. Howard served with the Canadian Expeditionary Force near the end of World War I and returned to Canada in 1920.
Feb 8, 2018 · John Armstrong Howard was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, on October 6, 1888. Howard was a qualified mechanic and played baseball for Winnipeg’s Crescent Creamery Baseball Club; at 6 foot 3 inches tall, he was also an exceptional sprinter.
John Armstrong (“Army”) Howard, sprinter, soldier (born 6 October 1888 in Winnipeg, MB; died 9 January 1937 in Winnipeg). John Armstrong Howard competed in ...
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Jan 15, 2018 · Amidst sustained anti-black immigrant discourse in policies and the press, Canada’s 1912 Olympic team included, for the first time, a black athlete: John Armstrong ‘Army’ Howard, an emerging sprinting talent from Winnipeg (Manitoba) who had done well in national meets.
