Photo: Gerard O'BrienMany a windy and cold night was spent at the Caledonian Ground in South Dunedin. Peter Snell crosses the line first just in front of John Davies at the Caledonian Ground in Dunedin in 1963. Champion runner Peter Snell made an excursion to Dunedin to help open the ground and Snell, along with fellow New Zealand champion John Davies, put on some performance. He was one of 24 original inductees in the IAAF Hall of Fame and was named New Zealand’s athlete of the century in 2000. Mr Palenski said Snell was one of the country's greatest athletes, "if not New Zealand's greatest track and field athlete".

Source: Otago Daily Times December 15, 2019 15:22 UTC