In todays OA Story, and part of our special Olympics Series, Trevor Llewelyn interviews Tom Farrell, former Chaplain at Dulwich College.
Tom was a Harrier when he first represented Great Britain in Melbourne 1956 as a 400m hurdler. He then went to Rome in 1960 running the 800m and reaching the quarter-finals. In addition to his appearances at the Olympics, Tom represented England in the 440 yards hurdles at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games, and in 1960 set a British record of 51.0 seconds at the White City in an international match against Italy.
Tom then went to his third Olympic Games in Munich 1972, this time as one of a team of eight chaplains to be on hand to offer spiritual advice to competitors.
Tom was the College Chaplain from 1974 through to 1981.
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