Pound, Richard


POUND, Richard, swimmer, sports administrator (b 22 Mar 1942, St Catharines, ON). Raised in OCEAN FALLS, he emerged from that community's famed swim club to become one of Canada's leading competitors. At the 1960 Rome Olympics he was a 100-m freestyle finalist and a member of the 4th-place medley relay team, and at the 1962 BRITISH EMPIRE GAMES he won gold in the 110-yard freestyle. He moved to Montreal, graduated in law from McGill Univ in 1968 and became a tax lawyer and chartered...

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