Sport Running Height 1.75 m Role Olympic athlete | Name George Baird Club Iowa Hawkeyes Weight 66 kg | |
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Born March 5, 1907 Grand Island, Nebraska, United States Died September 4, 2004, Rhinebeck, New York, United States Olympic medals Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay People also search for Ray Barbuti, Fred Alderman | ||
George Hetzel Baird (March 5, 1907 – September 4, 2004) was an American sprint runner who won a gold medal in 4 × 400 m relay at the 1928 Summer Olympics, breaking the world record in the process. A week later he helped to set another world record, at 3:13.4 in the 4×440 yard relay in London. Baird graduated from the University of Iowa and later took various jobs during the Great Depression. He assisted his brother Bill as a puppeteer, and later became an assistant professor of education at the New York University.
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