Name Willard Tibbetts Role Olympic athlete | Died March 28, 1992 Height 1.7 m | |
Olympic medals Athletics at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's 3000 metres team race Similar People William Seagrove, Paavo Nurmi, Ville Ritola | ||
Willard Lewis Tibbetts, Jr. (March 26, 1903 - March 28, 1992) was an American athlete who competed mainly in the 3000 metre team. Tibbetts grew up in Stafford Springs, Connecticut. He graduated from Worcester Academy in 1922 and matriculated to Yale.
He competed for the United States in the 1924 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France in the 3000 metre team where he won the bronze medal with his team mates Edward Kirby and William Cox.
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