Edwin Carr (athlete)

Edwin William Carr Jr. (2 September 1928 to 25 March 2018) was an Australian sprinter and later a surgeon. He won two gold medals at the 1950 British Empire Games in Auckland, taking the individual 440 yards and the 4 x 440 yard relay, and he represented Australia at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki in the 200 metres, the 400 metres and the relay teams. He was the son of Slip Carr, who had run for Australia at the 1924 Games in Paris. Educated at Sydney Church of England Grammar School, where he was a leading schoolboy champion, he joined the university athletic club while studying medicine at the University of Sydney. After retiring from the track he practised as a surgeon in western Sydney and served with the Royal Australian Medical Corps in Vietnam in 1970.