Roles | Competed in Olympic Games |
---|---|
Sex | Male |
Full name | Wallace Macafee•McCurdy |
Used name | Wallace•McCurdy |
Born | 23 October 1892 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) |
Died | 26 October 1970 in Wynnewood, Pennsylvania (USA) |
Affiliations | Penn Quakers, Philadelphia (USA) |
NOC | United States |
Wallace McCurdy was IC4A 2-mile champion in 1913 and runner-up in 1914. He competed for Penn, graduating in 1914 with a degree in economics. McCurdy was President of his graduating class at Penn. In World War I he served as a Navy lieutenant.
He became a wealthy man as an investment banker in Philadelphia for over 50 years. McCurdy was initially with Thayer, Baker, & Co in investments, but later worked with Thomson, McKinney, & Auchincloss. He was a former director of the Wellington Fund, an owner of H. T. Patterson Co. Linens, director of the Lighthouse Boys Clubs, and was a member of the Philadelphia Bond Club.
Personal Best: 2 miles – 9:39.0 (1908).
Games | Discipline (Sport) / Event | NOC / Team | Pos | Medal | As | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1912 Summer Olympics | Athletics | USA | Wallace McCurdy | |||
1,500 metres, Men (Olympic) | ||||||
5,000 metres, Men (Olympic) | AC h5 r1/2 |