Researching Eric Coy
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 935 people with the Coy surname? In that year Coy was ranked number 2651 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Eric means "ever-powerful" and is of Scandinavian origin.
Records of Eric Coy on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Eric Coy and the Coy Family Tree
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| Did you know that there are currently 1258 people with the Coy surname in the UK? Coy is now ranked number 2882 for popularity in the UK. |
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| Did you know that there are currently 15191 people with the Coy surname in the USA? Coy is ranked number 152 for popularity in the USA. |
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Eric Coy
Eric Eaton Coy (May 16, 1914 – October 28, 1985) was a discus thrower and shot putter, who represented Canada at the 1948 Summer Olympics. He finished 23rd in the discus throw event, and his exact result in the shot put is unknown.
At the 1938 Empire Games he won the gold medal in the discus throw and the silver medal in the shot put. At the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games he finished ninth in the shot put, aged 39.
After retirement from competition, he remained active as a coach in track and field, ice hockey and wrestling, and following his death in 1985 the "Eric E. Coy Memorial Trophy" was donated by his widow, Helen, to be awarded each year to Canada's leading athlete in the four throwing events. The winner for 2006 was the Commonwealth Games hammer silver-medallist and national record-breaker, Jim Steacy.
He has an arena in Winnipeg named after him. He was inducted to the Canadian Track and Field Hall of Fame (1963), Canadian Sports Hall of Fame, and Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame (1980).
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