{"id":14276,"date":"2011-09-18T21:53:25","date_gmt":"2011-09-19T01:53:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/team-canada\/william-crothers-2\/"},"modified":"2021-12-08T16:16:30","modified_gmt":"2021-12-08T21:16:30","slug":"william-crothers","status":"publish","type":"athletes","link":"https:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/olympique\/team-canada\/william-crothers\/","title":{"rendered":"Bill (William) Crothers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Le Canadien Bill Crothers a fait ses d\u00e9buts olympiques \u00e0 <a href=\"https:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/olympique\/jeux\/1964-tokyo\/\">Tokyo 1964<\/a>, o\u00f9 il a affront\u00e9 le d\u00e9tenteur du record du monde et champion olympique en titre au 800 m. Il a couru avec sagesse, remportant sa vague de la ronde pr\u00e9liminaire, puis la demi-finale avec des temps l\u00e9g\u00e8rement meilleurs. Au d\u00e9but de la derni\u00e8re ligne droite en finale du 800 m\u00e8tres, Crothers \u00e9tait troisi\u00e8me et il a devanc\u00e9 le Jama\u00efcain George Kerr dans son sprint pour d\u00e9crocher la m\u00e9daille d&rsquo;argent tout en \u00e9tablissant un record personnel avec un chrono de 1:45.69 minute. Crothers a aussi atteint les demi-finales du 400 m. \u00c0 <a href=\"https:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/olympique\/jeux\/1968-mexico-city\/\">Mexico 1968<\/a>, Crothers faisait partie de l&rsquo;\u00e9quipe du relais 4&#215;400 m qui a \u00e9t\u00e9 \u00e9limin\u00e9e au premier tour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Crothers a commenc\u00e9 \u00e0 courir \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e2ge de 15 ans sous la direction de Fred Foote, entra\u00eeneur du Club d\u2019athl\u00e9tisme d\u2019East York. Il a fait ses d\u00e9buts internationaux aux Jeux de l\u2019Empire britannique et du Commonwealth en 1962, o\u00f9 il a termin\u00e9 sixi\u00e8me comme membre de l&rsquo;\u00e9quipe du relais 4&#215;400 m. Apr\u00e8s Tokyo en 1964, Crothers a remport\u00e9 la m\u00e9daille d&rsquo;or au 800 m des Universiades d&rsquo;\u00e9t\u00e9 de 1965 et a \u00e9t\u00e9 class\u00e9 par le magazine <em>Track &amp; Field News<\/em> parmi les meilleurs coureurs du 800 m de l&rsquo;ann\u00e9e et au deuxi\u00e8me rang de la d\u00e9cennie. Aux Jeux de l\u2019Empire britannique et du Commonwealth de 1966, il a remport\u00e9 une m\u00e9daille d&rsquo;argent au relais 4&#215;400 m. \u00c0 l&rsquo;une de ses derni\u00e8res comp\u00e9titions majeures, Crothers a remport\u00e9 deux m\u00e9dailles d&rsquo;argent aux Jeux panam\u00e9ricains de 1967 (800 m, relais 4&#215;400 m). De 1961 \u00e0 1967, Crothers a \u00e9t\u00e9 champion national sur 800 m et champion sur 400 m de 1961 \u00e0 1965. Au cours de sa carri\u00e8re de coureur, Crothers a d\u00e9tenu le record canadien sur toutes les distances, de 400 m \u00e0 1500 m et un record mondial en salle sur 800 m (\u00e9tabli en 1964).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">N\u00e9 \u00e0 Markham, en Ontario, Crothers a grandi dans la banlieue de Toronto o\u00f9 il a fr\u00e9quent\u00e9 le Agincourt Collegiate Institute avant d&rsquo;\u00e9tudier en pharmacie \u00e0 l&rsquo;Universit\u00e9 de Toronto, puis a poursuivi une carri\u00e8re comme pharmacien (Kiernan-Crothers Pharmacy) \u00e0 Markham. Il a pass\u00e9 plus de 30 ans \u00e0 contribuer \u00e0 la croissance du tennis en Ontario et \u00e0 agir \u00e0 titre d\u2019administrateur de la Commission scolaire r\u00e9gionale de York. L&rsquo;\u00e9cole secondaire Bill Crothers, une \u00e9cole secondaire ax\u00e9e sur l&rsquo;athl\u00e9tisme dans la r\u00e9gion de York, a ouvert ses portes en son honneur en ao\u00fbt 2008.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">En 1963, Crothers a remport\u00e9 le troph\u00e9e Lou Marsh \u00e0 titre de meilleur athl\u00e8te canadien de l\u2019ann\u00e9e, puis en 1964, il a re\u00e7u le prix Lionel Conacher \u00e0 titre de meilleur athl\u00e8te masculin du Canada. Crothers a \u00e9t\u00e9 intronis\u00e9 au Temple de la renomm\u00e9e olympique du Canada en 1965, au Panth\u00e9on des sports canadiens en 1971 et au Temple de la renomm\u00e9e des sports de l&rsquo;Ontario en 1997. Il a aussi re\u00e7u le Prix pour services distingu\u00e9s de Tennis Canada en 2003.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Le Canadien Bill Crothers a fait ses d\u00e9buts olympiques \u00e0 Tokyo 1964, o\u00f9 il a affront\u00e9 le d\u00e9tenteur du record&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":149368,"template":"","tags":[415984548,9949311,415987238,415984529],"hof-categories":[682162651],"year-inducted":[682162684],"gender":[42123],"season":[415983968],"sport":[48770],"game":[9219913,9241344],"team":[415983258,415983257],"event":[181821937,181822056,181823375],"province":[],"class_list":["post-14276","athletes","type-athletes","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-athletisme","tag-medaille-dargent","tag-mexico-city-1968","tag-tokyo-1964","hof-categories-athlete","year-inducted-682162684","gender-masculin","season-ete","sport-athletisme","game-1968-mexico-city","game-1964-tokyo","team-mexico-1968-athletisme","team-tokyo-1964-athletisme","event-400-m-hommes","event-800-m-hommes","event-relais-4-x-400-m-hommes"],"acf":[],"featured_image_url":"https:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/olympique\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/09\/bill-crothers-e1547657101709.jpg?quality=100","category_names":[],"tag_names":["Athl\u00e9tisme","M\u00e9daille d'Argent","Mexico City 1968","Tokyo 1964"],"sport_names":[342],"game_names":["Mexico City 1968","Tokyo 1964"],"season_names":["\u00c9t\u00e9"],"team_names":["Mexico 1968 - Athl\u00e9tisme","Tokyo 1964 Athl\u00e9tisme"],"province_names":[],"social_facebook":"","social_twitter":"","social_linkedin":"","social_gplus":"","social_instagram":"","social_website":"","total_medal_count_gold":"","total_medal_count_silver":"1","total_medal_count_bronze":"","athlete_headshot":"https:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/09\/bill-crothers-headshot-e1547657113503.jpg?quality=100","athlete_height":"","athlete_weight":"","athlete_hometown":"","athlete_birthplace":"Markham, Ontario","coc_gracenote_id":"","athlete_dob":"December 24, 1940","athlete_age":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/olympique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/athletes\/14276","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/olympique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/athletes"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/olympique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/athletes"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/olympique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/athletes\/14276\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":195483,"href":"https:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/olympique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/athletes\/14276\/revisions\/195483"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/olympique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/149368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/olympique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/olympique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14276"},{"taxonomy":"hof-categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/olympique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hof-categories?post=14276"},{"taxonomy":"year-inducted","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/olympique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/year-inducted?post=14276"},{"taxonomy":"gender","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/olympique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gender?post=14276"},{"taxonomy":"season","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/olympique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/season?post=14276"},{"taxonomy":"sport","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/olympique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sport?post=14276"},{"taxonomy":"game","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/olympique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/game?post=14276"},{"taxonomy":"team","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/olympique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/team?post=14276"},{"taxonomy":"event","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/olympique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event?post=14276"},{"taxonomy":"province","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/olympique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/province?post=14276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}