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Dr. Munroe Bourne was an inaugural inductee to the McGill Sports Hall of Fame in 1996.
Dr. F. Munroe Bourne, was born in Victoria on June 26, 1910. He graduated from McGill in 1931 with honours in English & Political Science. He was awarded a Rhodes scholarship and later returned to McGill in 1935 before graduating in Medicine in 1937.
Bourne captained three McGill teams, leading them to championships in swimming (twice), track (four times) and waterpolo (twice).
He was an intercollegiate champion in four swim events and four track events. One of McGill's finest international athletes, he held five intercollegiate swim records and two Canadian records.
He swam for Canada at three Olympics: Amsterdam (1928), Los Angeles (1932) and Berlin (1936), winning a bronze medal at the 1928 Games in the 4x200m relay.
At the 1936 Olympics, he captained the swim team and anchored the track relay squad. He also won three gold medals at the 1930 British Empire Games in Hamilton.
After graduation, he served as a member of the McGill Athletics Board and earned the rank of Major in the military where he served from 1940 to 1946. He was inducted into the Canadian Amateur Sports Hall of Fame in 1972 and died on July 11, 1992 in Rothesay, N.B.
