 Hussey at the 1924 Olympics | ||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||
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| Born | February 14, 1905 New York City, U.S. | |||||||||||
| Died | December 26, 1974 (aged 69) Coxsackie, New York, U.S. | |||||||||||
| Height | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||
| Weight | 70 kg (154 lb) | |||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||
| Event(s) | 100 m, 100 yd | |||||||||||
| Club | Stuyvesant High School | |||||||||||
| Achievements and titles | ||||||||||||
| Personal best(s) | 100 m – 10.7 (1924) 100 yd – 9.6 (1928)[1][2] | |||||||||||
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Francis Valentine Joseph Hussey (February 14, 1905 – December 26, 1974) was an American sprint runner who won a gold medal in the 4 × 100 m relay at the 1924 Summer Olympics.[3]
Frank Hussey, a schoolboy sensation from New York City's Stuyvesant High School,[4] ran the third leg in the American 4 × 100 m relay team in Paris Olympics, which won the gold medal in a new world record of 41.0.[2]
After returning from Paris, he attended Boston College and then Columbia University, and as a freshman became the leading Collegiate runner in America. He won the AAU championships in 100 yd (91 m) in 1925.[1][2]
Although he was considered as a main favorite to gold medal in 100 m before the 1928 Summer Olympics, Hussey was eliminated in the heats of US Olympic Trials. After that he worked as a salesman, taught in the New York State Prison System, and served as an official at athletics events in his free time.[1]
