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| Bill Carr |
| Height |
5'8" (172 cm) |
| Weight |
146 lbs (66 kg) |
| Nationality |
United States |
| PR |
400m – 46.28 (1932) |
| Born |
October 24, 1909 at Pine Bluff, Arkansas |
| Died |
January 14, 1966 at Tokyo, Japan |
| College |
University of Pennsylvania |
William Arthur "Bill" Carr (1909-1966) won gold medals in the 400m and the 4 x 400m relay in the 1932 Summer Olympics.
Bill Carr of Penn went to the 1932 IC4A having never run the 440y faster than 48.4, but at Berkeley he caused a major upset by beating the world record holder, Ben Eastman. He again beat Eastman at the AAU Championships, which also served as the Olympic Trials that year. Although he had begun the year as an unknown, he won a gold medal in 400m. Once more the runner-up was Ben Eastman and this time Carr surpassed Eastman’s world record with a 46.28. Carr then anchored the winning U.S. 4 x 400m relay team to another world record of 3:08.2. Soon after the Olympics, Bill Carr was seriously injured in an automobile accident and never ran competitively again. Throughout his career, Carr was never beaten over the one lap distance.
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After graduating from Penn's Wharton School in 1933 with a B.S. in Economics, Carr worked for the Insurance Company of North America until World War II. During the war he served as a commander of Naval Intelligence. After the war, he took a position with Pan-American World Airways. Later in his career he became Vice-President of Prismo Safety Corporation and Potter Brothers, manufacturers of highway safety and building equipment.
He was inducted into the Arkansas Athletic Hall of Fame in Little Rock in 1962.
He died of a heart attack while on vacation in Japan.
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Olympic champions in men's 4×400 m relay |
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1908 United States: (medley) William F. Hamilton, Nathaniel Cartmell, John B. Taylor, Mel Sheppard • 1912 United States: Mel Sheppard, Edward Lindberg, Ted Meredith, Charles Reidpath • 1920 Great Britain: Cecil Griffiths, Robert Lindsay, John Ainsworth-Davies, Guy Butler • 1924 United States: Commodore Cochran, Alan Helffrich, Oliver MacDonald, William Stevenson • 1928 United States: George Baird, Emerson Spencer, Frederick Alderman, Ray Barbuti • 1932 United States: Ivan Fuqua, Edgar Ablowich, Karl Warner, Bill Carr • 1936 Great Britain: Frederick Wolff, Godfrey Rampling, William Roberts, Godfrey Brown • 1948 United States: Arthur Harnden, Clifford Bourland, Roy Cochran, Mal Whitfield • 1952 Jamaica: Arthur Wint, Leslie Laing, Herb McKenley, George Rhoden • 1956 United States: Charlie Jenkins, Louis Jones, Jesse Mashburn, Tom Courtney • 1960 United States: Jack Yerman, Earl Young, Glenn Davis, Otis Davis • 1964 United States: Ollan Cassell, Michael Larrabee, Ulis Williams, Henry Carr • 1968 United States: Vincent Matthews, Ron Freeman, Larry James, Lee Evans • 1972 Kenya: Charles Asati, Hezahiah Nyamau, Robert Ouko, Julius Sang • 1976 United States: Herman Frazier, Benjamin Brown, Fred Newhouse, Maxie Parks • 1980 Soviet Union: Remigijus Valiulis, Mikhail Linge, Nikolay Chernetsky, Viktor Markin • 1984 United States: Sunder Nix, Ray Armstead, Alonzo Babers, Antonio McKay • 1988 United States: Danny Everett, Steve Lewis, Kevin Robinzine, Butch Reynolds • 1992 United States: Andrew Valmon, Quincy Watts, Michael Johnson, Steve Lewis • 1996 United States: LaMont Smith, Alvin Harrison, Derek Mills, Anthuan Maybank • 2000 Vacant: • 2004 United States: Otis Harris, Derrick Brew, Jeremy Wariner, Darold Williamson • 2008 United States: LaShawn Merritt, Angelo Taylor, David Neville, Jeremy Wariner
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