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Former attorney-general Christian Porter has been in the spotlight for all the wrong reasons for the past month or so, but 65 years ago it was his father Charles who was one of the most talked about – and admired - people in the country. When the Tokyo Olympics hopefully get underway later this year, those with long memories will recall the feats of Australia s Olympic greats going back through the decades. As names like Dawn Fraser, Betty Cuthbert, Murray Rose, Ian Thorpe, Kieren Perkins and Grant Hackett are rolled out in a steady stream of historic articles and documentaries, it is a fair bet that Charles Chilla Porter won t be mentioned. For a brief period back in 1956 though, he was right up there with the best of them.

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