127:, but his father John Moffat was a Glasgow doctor. Thomas Moffat had emigrated to Canada, hence the Montreal AA affiliation, but had returned home for a family occasion when the championships came along. Earlier that year there had been a rival championship, hosted by the short-lived West of Scotland Amateur Athletic Association, and Moffat is the only man to win events at both championships.
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Some sources describe Thomas Moffat, the winner of the half-mile, as a
Canadian, but it was an absolute condition of entry that you be Scottish, either from birth, parentage, or residence. Moffat was born in
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105:1883 Scottish Athletics Championships
27:1883 Scottish Athletics Championships
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700:A. R. Don Wauchope (Fettes-Loretto)
602:William A. Peterkin (Edinburgh Un.)
482:William F. Methuen (Fettes-Loretto)
453:James H. Vibart (Watson's Coll. AC)
220:William A. Peterkin (Edinburgh Un.)
16:Outdoor track and field competition
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340:William M. Gabriel (Edinburgh Un.)
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1057:Scottish Athletics Championships
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840:Scottish Athletics Championships
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689:Robert F. H. Bruce (Glasgow Un.)
660:Kenneth Whitton (Ross County FC)
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95:Scottish Athletics Championships
351:John Johnstone (Helensburgh AC)
493:James N. Macleod (Glasgow Un.)
282:Thomas Ireland (Edinburgh Un.)
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740:Scottish Athletics 1883-1983
623:38 ft 8 1/2in (11.80m)
649:Robert Smith (Mauchline FC)
554:19 ft 5 1/2in (5.93m)
271:Thomas Moffat (Montreal AA)
231:Thomas Moffat (Montreal AA)
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1031:Categories
727:References
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463:High jump
252:880 yards
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46:, Scotland
572:Shot put
354:25 yards
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125:Sheffield
113:Edinburgh
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710:See also
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35:23 June
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