REPRESENTED N.Z.
CHAMPION RUNNER'S DEATH
A former outstanding athlete, Mr. George Neville Hill, died yesterday at the Green Lane Hospital. In 1910 he won a modified marathon from Howick to Auckland. He won the New Zealand amateur one mile championship in 1909-10, 1910-11 and 1911-12, and the three miles championship in 1910-11 and 1911-12. In
1911 he won the Australasian one mile and three miles titles. He represented New Zealand at the Olympic Games at Stockholm in 1912, and during the tour competed in Scotland. Mr Hill was educated at King's College. He served in the last war. He was well known to the Auckland business community, being for the past 18 years an advertising representative of the Auckland Star. Mr. Hill is survived by his wife, four sons and three daughters. One son is a prisoner of war.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXV, Issue 284, 30 November 1944, Page 3
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