Robert Cameron Lundy Grout was born on Oct. 23, 1939 in Oakville, Ont. and competed for three years with the McGill swim and waterpolo teams (1957-60) before graduating with a Bachelor of Science in 1962.
A winner of the Forbes trophy in 1959-60 as McGill male athlete of the year, he won eight intercollegiate titles and set school records in 10 different events, specializing in the butterfly, individual medley and freestyle strokes. He also held numerous Quebec and Canadian records.
Selected twice as amateur athlete of the year by the Montreal Sportsman Association (1958 and 1959), Grout swam for Canada at the 1960 Rome Olympics, where he finished fourth in the 4x100m medley relay and also swam in the 200m butterfly and 100m freestyle.
At the PanAm Games in 1959, he won silver in the 400m medley relay and bronze in the 800m freestyle relay. At the 1958 British Empire & Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales, he won silver in the 4x110 medley relay and bronze in the 4x220 freestyle relay.
Grout, who also played water polo for the University, set numerous McGill, provincial and national swimming records and won the Forbes trophy as McGill's male athlete of the year in 1959-60.
UNIVERSITY SPORTS INVOLVEMENT & AWARDS:
* competed three years on the McGill senior swimming and waterpolo teams (1957-60)
* won Forbes Trophy as McGill male athlete of the year in 1959-60
* set McGill records in the 50, 100, 220 and 440-yard freestyles, the 100 & 200 butterfly, the 200 & 400 individual medley, the 4x100 medley relay, the 4x100 freestyle relay
* set Quebec provincial records in 200 & 400 freestyles, 100 backstroke, 50 & 200 butterflys
* set Canadian records in the 100 butterfly, plus the 50 & 100 freestyles, 4x100 freestyle relay, 100 and 200 individual medley
RELATED RELEVANT ACHIEVEMENTS OUTSIDE McGILL ATHLETIC CAREER:
* selected to an All-Canadian squad, which competed at a meet in Toledo in 1958-59
* selected twice as amateur athlete of the year by Montreal Sportsman Association (1958 and 1959)
* competed for Canada at 1959 PanAm Games (silver in 400 medley relay & bronze in 4x100 free)
* competed for Canada in swimming at 1960 Rome Olympics (finished 4th in 4x100m medley relay and also swam in elimination round of the 200m butterfly & 100m freestyle
* at 1958 British Empire & Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales, won silver in 4x100 medley relay and bronze in the 4x200 freestyle relay
