08_Bill_Halpenny_first_Island_Olympian_p_23-27.pdf

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title	Bill Halpenny, First Island Olympian
creator	Ballem, Charles
subject	Island Magazine
subject	Prince Edward Island Museum
description	To a boy participating in the relatively unstructured sports that were played on Prince Edward Island during the summer of 1896, the revival of the Olympic Games in Athens, Greece during that summer was likely of little interest. For Bill Halpenny (pronounced "Hay-penny"), age 14, that summer was probably a series of long days filled with the enjoyment of playing rugby, some track and field activity, perhaps baseball, and more likely than not, fishing and cycling. But within eight years he would be the first Islander to participate in the Olympic Games, and in 1912 he became the only Islander to date who has been there twice.
publisher	Prince Edward Island Museum
date	1984
type	Document
format	application/pdf
identifier	vre:islemag-batch2-200
source	15
language	en_US
rights	Please note that this material is being presented for the sole purpose of research and private study. Any other use requires the permission of the copyright holder(s), and questions regarding copyright are the responsibility of the user.

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title	Bill Halpenny, First Island Olympian
creator	Ballem, Charles
subject	Island Magazine
subject	Prince Edward Island Museum
description	To a boy participating in the relatively unstructured sports that were played on Prince Edward Island during the summer of 1896, the revival of the Olympic Games in Athens, Greece during that summer was likely of little interest. For Bill Halpenny (pronounced "Hay-penny"), age 14, that summer was probably a series of long days filled with the enjoyment of playing rugby, some track and field activity, perhaps baseball, and more likely than not, fishing and cycling. But within eight years he would be the first Islander to participate in the Olympic Games, and in 1912 he became the only Islander to date who has been there twice.
publisher	Prince Edward Island Museum
date	1984
type	Document
format	application/pdf
identifier	vre:islemag-batch2-200
source	15
language	en_US
rights	Please note that this material is being presented for the sole purpose of research and private study. Any other use requires the permission of the copyright holder(s), and questions regarding copyright are the responsibility of the user.