William Edgar Mather-Brown was born on 14 April 1936 and is an Australian Paralympian.
13 Facts About Bill Mather-Brown
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Bill Mather-Brown was born in the Western Australian city of Fremantle in 1936.
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Bill Mather-Brown spent two years in Kalgoorlie Hospital before moving back to Perth.
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Bill Mather-Brown married Nadine Vine, who attended the 1972 Heidelberg Games as a team nurse.
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Bill Mather-Brown competed in the Stoke Mandeville Games in 1957, participating in several sports.
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Bill Mather-Brown won medals in four sports, including gold in weightlifting, wheelchair basketball, and table tennis.
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Bill Mather-Brown was born in the Western Australian city of Fremantle in 1936.
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Bill Mather-Brown contracted polio in 1938 aged 2 in the town of Agnew in the Goldfields, Northeast of Kalgoorlie.
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Bill Mather-Brown spent 2 years in the Kalgoorlie Hospital before moving back to Perth.
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Bill Mather-Brown married Nadine Vine on 6 January 1967, who attended the 1972 Heidelberg Games as a team nurse.
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Bill Mather-Brown has always been interested in sport and joined wheelchair sports in 1955.
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Bill Mather-Brown went to the Stoke Mandeville games in 1957 and competed in several sports.
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Bill Mather-Brown competed at the 1962 Commonwealth Paraplegic Games in his home town of Perth.