Surrey Athletic Club

In 1903 the club was formed under the name Malden Harriers and the club's formation was largely attributed to Ted Vowles, a former Blackheath Harrier and Malden footballer. Mr F. B. Montague was elected president.^[2]

In 1907 the club changed its name to the Surrey Athletic Club^[1][3] and members of the club met at the Royal Oak in New Malden on a regular basis.^[1]

At the 1920 Summer Olympics two Surrey AC athletes, Cecil Griffiths and Percy Hodge won gold medals.^[4][5]

In 1969 the club joined the British Athletics League as a founder member.^[1]

In 1982, the Surrey Athletic Club disbanded and the male athletes from the club joined Belgrave Harriers, while the women decided to join Royal Borough of Kingston Athletic Club instead.^[1]

Olympic athletes

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Athlete	Event/s	Games	Medals/Ref
Richard Yorke	3,200m steeplechase, 800m, 1500m	1908, 1912	[6]
George Hutson	5,000m, 3,000m team	1912	, [7]
Clive Taylor	high jump (ns)	1912	[8]
Charles Clibbon	5,000/10,000 metres	1920, 1924	[9]
Edgar Mountain	800 metres	1920, 1924	[10]
Cecil Griffiths	4 × 400 m	1920	[11]
James Hatton	10,000m, 3,000m team	1920	[12]
William Hill	100, 200, 4 × 100 m	1920	[13]
Percy Hodge	3,000m steeplechase	1920	[14]
Alfred Nichols	5,000m, cross country	1920	[15]
Edward Wheller	400 metres hurdles	1920	[16]
John Benham	cross country	1924	[17]
Fred Blackett	400 metres hurdles	1924	[18]
Bill Cotterell	10,000 metres (ns)	1924	[19]
Eric Harrison	110 metres hurdles	1924	[20]
Lancelot Royle	100 metres, 4 × 100 m	1924	[21]
George Constable	10,000 metres	1928	[22]
John Heap	100 metres	1928	[23]
Don Finlay	110m hurdles, 4 × 100 m	1932, 1936, 1948	, [24]
Frank Close	5,000 metres	1936	[25]
Jim Morris	10 km walk	1948	[26]
Maureen Barton-Chitty	long jump	1968. 1972	[27]

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