Bob Crawford

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full nameRobert "Bob"•Crawford
Used nameBob•Crawford
Born21 January 1899 in Belfast, Northern Ireland (GBR)
Died18 May 1970 (aged 71 years 3 months 28 days) in Frankenmuth, Michigan (USA)
Measurements185 cm
AffiliationsMillrose AA, New York (USA)
NOC United States

Biography

Bob Crawford ran distances and cross-country for Lafayette College, Princeton, and the Millrose AA. At the AAU meet he was fourth in the 1919 2-miles and fifth in the 1920 3,000 metres. Crawford was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, but emigrated to the United States in 1910, and became a naturalized citizen when his parents received citizenship, shortly before the Antwerpen Olympics. He later worked as a manager of a Kresge chain store.

Personal Bests: 880y – 1:56.4 (1922); Mile – 4:22.0 (1918).

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1920 Summer Olympics Athletics USA Bob Crawford
Cross-Country, Individual, Men (Olympic) 40
Cross-Country, Team, Men (Olympic) United States 4

Errata

Previously misidentified as Robert Leighton Crawford, III.