Edwin Carr Jnr, the son of 1924 Olympian ‘Slip’ Carr, was an athlete like his father.
He had won gold medals, in the 440 yards and the 4 x 440 yards relay, at the 1950 British Empire and Commonwealth Games at Auckland.
At Helsinki, Carr made it through to the quarter-finals of the 200 metres and was eliminated in the heats of the 400 metres and the 4 x 100 metres and 4 x 400 metres relays.
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