John Victor McSorley (born 1941), is a male former athlete who competed for England.

He represented England in the hammer, javelin and shot put at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth, Western Australia.

[1] Eight years later, he won silver medal in the javelin at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland.

[2] In 1964, fellow javelin thrower Reg Spiers, air-freighted himself from England to Australia to avoid paying for the flight.

[3] John McSorley created the box for his friend and when he did not hear from Spiers, he became worried and contacted the press about the incident.