Harvey Clifford
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 18 September 1926 Oak Point, Manitoba, Canada |
| Died | 13 January 1982 (aged 55) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Alpine skiing |
Harvey Clifford (18 September 1926 – 13 January 1982) was a Canadian alpine skier and ski coach.
Life and career
Clifford grew up in Ottawa, Canada and was educated at Glebe Collegiate Institute where he was head boy.[1] He competed in three events at the 1948 Winter Olympics.[2] He coached Canada's skiing teams for the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1950 and the 1952 Winter Olympics.[1] He was inducted into the Ottawa Sport Hall of Fame.[3] His skiing on Aoraki / Mount Cook, was in the Academy Award nominated for Short Subject (Live Action) film Snows of Aorangi (1955).[4][5]
Clifford worked for eight years as the president of the Mount Snow ski resort in Vermont, and later worked in that same capacity for a ski development on Stratton Mountain for seven years. In November 1981 he underwent surgery for a brain tumor. He died on 13 January 1982.[1]
References
- ^ a b c "Harvey Clifford Dead". The Ottawa Citizen. 14 January 1982. p. 24.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Harvey Clifford Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
- ^ "Honoured Inductees". Ottawa Sport. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
- ^ "The 31st Academy Awards (1959) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
- ^ Australian Centre for the Moving Image. "Snows of Aorangi". Australian Centre for the Moving Image. Retrieved 6 January 2023.