Elsie Morgan (born 1916) was a former Olympic althete who appeared as a guest on Knowing Me, Knowing You with Alan Partridge.
Biography[]
Morgan won the Gold Medal in the 4x100 metre women's hurdles relay at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. When asked how she felt crossing the finish line, she described it as "thrilling, because we'd stitched up the Krauts" - a sentiment she echoed describing the allied victory in World War II.
She was reunited with fellow athletes, Anne Wiley and Georgina Clarke, on Sky TV programme Nostalgia (hosted by Dave Lee Travis) shortly before their appearence on Knowing Me, Knowing You, where they described crying "buckets". On Alan's chat show, Morgan reancted the relay race with Wiley and Clarke, and a representation of deceased athelete Lindsey Farrow.
Personality and political befliefs[]
In conversation with Alan Partridge, Morgan opined that, after the Second World War, "there was a lot of immigration, and inevitably crime went up". After convincing a traffic warden not to give her a parking ticket for a short stop, Elsie reported the officer to his superiors. This action resulted in the man's dismissal, which she said comended, "particularly as he was black". She continued on a racist tirade, alleging that "they bend the rules"; "they don't play by our rules".