Hugo Fox (athlete)

Fox worked as an iron moulder in a Glasgow foundry and did not start running until 1955.^[1] He was a member of the Shettleston Harriers^[2] and finished runner-up at the 1957 Scottish marathon championship.^[3]

In February 1958 he was named by the Scottish AAA in the 'possibles list' for the forthcoming Commonwealth and Empire Games^[4] and at the 1958 Scottish A.A.A. Championships, he defeated both Alex McDougall and Harry Fenion to win the marathon title.^[5][1]

He represented the Scottish Empire and Commonwealth Games team^[6] at the 1958 British Empire Games in Cardiff, Wales,^[7] participating in one event, the marathon race.^[8]

He emigrated to Australia in 1966, where he died in 1974.^[9]