Sport Athletics Role Olympic athlete Event(s) 110 m hurdles Height 1.83 m | Weight 64 kg Name Harold Barron Club Philadelphia | |
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Born August 29, 1894 Berwyn, Pennsylvania, United States Died October 5, 1978, San Francisco, California, United States Alma mater Pennsylvania State University Olympic medals Athletics at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's 110 metres hurdles | ||
Personal best(s) 120 ydH – 15.0 (1917) | ||
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Harold Earl Barron (August 29, 1894 – October 5, 1978) was an American sprinter. He specialized in the 110 m hurdles, in which he won a silver medal at the 1920 Summer Olympics.
Barron attended Pennsylvania State University.
Nationally Barron won the AAU hurdles title in 1917 and 1920 and the NCAA title in 1922. After graduating from Pennsylvania State University he was hired as an assistant athletics coach at Mercersburg Academy by head coach Jimmy Curran, then Cascadilla School in New York, and finally at Georgia Institute of Technology.
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