Bayes Norton
American sprinter
Bayes Norton at the 1924 Olympics | |
Personal information | |
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Born | September 23, 1903 Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts, United States |
Died | October 21, 1967 (aged 64) Gambier, Ohio, United States |
Alma mater | Yale University, University of Oxford |
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) |
Weight | 66 kg (146 lb) |
Sport | |
Sport | Athletics |
Event | 200 m |
Club | Yale Bulldogs, New Haven |
Achievements and titles | |
Personal best | 200 m – 21.8 (1924) |
Bayes Marshall Norton (September 23, 1903 – October 21, 1967) was an American sprint runner. In 1924 he finished second in the 200 m at the U.S. Olympic Trials and fifth at the 1924 Olympic Games.[1] He won a Rhodes Scholarship and in the late 1920s ran for the University of Oxford. He later became a professor of chemistry at Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio. As a government consultant he contributed to the Manhattan Project and to Rockets, Guns and Targets, an official U.S. Government history book on science during World War II.[2]
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