Wilfrid George Kalaugher (26 November 1904 – 12 August 1999) was a New Zealand

New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

 athlete and scholar. He was a school master in Marlborough College

Marlborough College

Marlborough College is a British co-educational independent school for day and boarding pupils, located in Marlborough, Wiltshire.Founded in 1843 for the education of the sons of Church of England clergy, the school now accepts both boys and girls of all beliefs. Currently there are just over 800...

, England.

Biography

Kalaugher was born in Winchester, New Zealand

Winchester, New Zealand

Winchester is a small town in the South-Canterbury region of New Zealand's South Island.State Highway 1 and the Main South Line railway pass through Winchester.-References:...

 and he grew up in Devonport

Devonport, New Zealand

Devonport is a harbourside suburb of Auckland, New Zealand. It is located on the North Shore, at the southern end of a peninsula that runs southeast from near Lake Pupuke in Takapuna, forming the northern side of the Waitemata Harbour...

. He was dux

Dux

Dux is Latin for leader and later for Duke and its variant forms ....

 of Sacred Heart College, Auckland

Sacred Heart College, Auckland

Sacred Heart College is a secondary school in Auckland, New Zealand. It is a Catholic, Marist College set on of land overlooking the Tamaki Estuary in Glen Innes.- History :The college was opened in 1903 in Ponsonby, by the Marist Brothers...

 in 1921, where there is now a wing named after him. He attended Victoria University of Wellington

Victoria University of Wellington

Victoria University of Wellington was established in 1897 by Act of Parliament, and was a former constituent college of the University of New Zealand. It is particularly well known for its programmes in law, the humanities, and some scientific disciplines, but offers a broad range of other courses...

, where he studied mathematics and competed in athletics, cricket

Cricket

Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...

, and rugby. In 1926, he was selected as a Rhodes Scholar to Balliol College, Oxford

Balliol College, Oxford

Balliol College , founded in 1263, is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England but founded by a family with strong Scottish connections....

, where he represented Oxford University

Oxford University Cricket Club

Oxford University Cricket Club is a first-class cricket team, representing the University of Oxford. It plays its home games at the University Parks in Oxford, England...

 at in first-class cricket

First-class cricket

First-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...

 from 1928 to 1931. At the same time he played Minor Counties Championship cricket for Oxfordshire

Oxfordshire County Cricket Club

Oxfordshire County Cricket Club is one of the county clubs which make up the Minor Counties in the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Oxfordshire and playing in the Minor Counties Championship and the MCCA Knockout Trophy...

. While at Oxford University, he gained an Oxford Blue after winning a hurdles title.

He represented New Zealand

New Zealand at the 1928 Summer Olympics

New Zealand competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands with a team of 4 athletes, 4 swimmers and 2 boxers.- Gold:* Ted Morgan — Boxing, Men's Welterweight-Athletics:*Wilf Kalaugher*Stan Lay*Arthur Porritt*Norma Wilson...

 at the 1928 Summer Olympics

1928 Summer Olympics

The 1928 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the IX Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1928 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Amsterdam had bid for the 1920 and 1924 Olympic Games, but had to give way to war-victim Antwerp, Belgium, and Pierre de...

 in Amsterdam

Amsterdam

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, competing in the triple jump and 110 m hurdles.

In 1931, he took up a teaching position at Marlborough College

Marlborough College

Marlborough College is a British co-educational independent school for day and boarding pupils, located in Marlborough, Wiltshire.Founded in 1843 for the education of the sons of Church of England clergy, the school now accepts both boys and girls of all beliefs. Currently there are just over 800...

, England, and found his career "amid the playing fields and schools of England". He died in Newcastle-on-Tyne.