 Harold Barron at the 1920 Olympics | ||||||||||||
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| Born | August 29, 1894 Berwyn, Pennsylvania, United States | |||||||||||
| Died | October 5, 1978 (aged 84) San Francisco, United States | |||||||||||
| Alma mater | Pennsylvania State University | |||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||
| Weight | 64 kg (141 lb) | |||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||
| Event | 110 m hurdles | |||||||||||
| Club | Meadowbrook Club, Philadelphia | |||||||||||
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| Personalbest | 120 ydH – 15.0 (1917) | |||||||||||
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Harold Earl Barron (August 29, 1894 – October 5, 1978) was an American sprinter.[1] He specialized in the 110 m hurdles, in which he won a silver medal at the1920 Summer Olympics.[2]
Nationally Barron won theAAU hurdles title in 1917 and 1920 and theNCAA title in 1922. After graduating fromPennsylvania State University he worked as an athletics coach at Mercersburg Academy, then Cascadilla School in New York, and finally atGeorgia Institute of Technology.[2]
In 1930 Barron, along withEarl Thomson andHarry Hillman, was involved in the design of a new safer hurdle, with a view to reducing the danger of bad falls and injuries.[3]
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