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|name= Mel Brock<br />
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|birth_date= February 3, 1888<br />
|birth_place= Thamesford, Ontario <br />
| death_date = October 4, 1956 (aged 68)<br />
| death_place = St. Catharines, Ontario<br />
|sport=Athletics<br />
|event= middle distance running<br />
|club= Varsity Blues, Toronto<br />
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'''George Melville Brock''' (February 3, 1888 – October 4, 1956) was a Canadian [[Track and field|track and field athlete]] who competed in the [[1912 Summer Olympics]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/65974 |title=Mel Brock |website=Olympedia |access-date=1 November 2024 }}</ref><br />
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== Biography ==<br />
Brock finished third in the 880 yards event at the British [[1911 AAA Championships]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000289/19110703/161/0007 |title=Amateur Athletic Championship |work=Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette |date=3 July 1911 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=1 November 2024 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000893/19110703/088/0006 |title=AAA Champions |work=Sporting Life |date=3 July 1911 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=1 November 2024 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://nuts.org.uk/Champs/AAA/index.htm |title=AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists |website=National Union of Track Statisticians |access-date=1 November 2024 }}</ref><br />
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At the 1912 Olympic Games, Brock finished fourth in the [[Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics – Men's 800 metres|800 metres competition]]. He was eliminated in the first round in the [[Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metres|400 metres event]]. He was also a member of the Canadian relay team, which was eliminated in the first round of the [[Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay|4x400 metre relay event]].<br />
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20200418065858/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/br/mel-brock-1.html Profile at ''Sports-Reference.com'']<br />
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[[Category:1888 births]]<br />
[[Category:1956 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:Canadian male middle-distance runners]]<br />
[[Category:Olympic track and field athletes for Canada]]<br />
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1912 Summer Olympics]]<br />
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