Florence MacDonald
American middle-distance runner
Florence MacDonald (left) behind Jean Thompson at the 1928 Olympics | |
Personal information | |
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Born | October 27, 1909 Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada |
Died | May 6, 2008 (aged 98) South Boston, Massachusetts, United States |
Sport | |
Sport | Running |
Club | Boston Swimming Association |
Achievements and titles | |
Olympic finals | 1928 |
Florence E. MacDonald (October 28, 1909 – May 6, 2008) was an American middle-distance runner. She competed at the 1928 Olympics in the 800 m event and finished in sixth place, setting a new national record at 2:22.6.[1]
MacDonald was born to Angus R. and Mary (Currie) MacDonald and had two sisters, Christina E. MacDonald and Margaret Janowicz. She married Peter Campbell and gave birth to a daughter, June Marie Russo, and a son, John Scott Campbell. For 25 years she worked as a nurse at a school of medicine.[2]
References
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- 1928 United States Olympic trials (track and field)
and road athletes
- David Abbott
- Bill Agee
- Fred Alderman (r)
- Steve Anderson
- George Baird (r)
- Ray Barbuti
- Charley Borah
- Claude Bracey
- Nick Carter
- John Collier
- Ray Conger
- Frank Cuhel
- Henry Cumming
- Melvin Dalton
- Clarence DeMar
- Leighton Dye
- Harvey Frick
- Earl Fuller
- Walter Gegan
- Johnny Gibson
- Lloyd Hahn
- Charles Haworth
- James Henigan
- Leo Lermond
- Robert Maxwell
- Bob McAllister
- Albert Michelsen
- Jesse Montgomery
- Charley Paddock
- Hermon Phillips
- Jimmy Quinn (r)
- Joie Ray
- Carl Ring
- Sid Robinson
- John Romig
- Henry Russell
- Jackson Scholz
- John Sittig
- Macauley Smith
- Euil Snider
- Emerson Spencer (r)
- William Spencer
- Morgan Taylor
- Joe Tierney
- Ray Watson
- Frank Wykoff
- John Anderson
- Lee Barnes
- Lee Bartlett
- Al Bates
- Barney Berlinger
- Edmund Black
- Lloyd Bourgeois
- Sidney Bowman
- Herman Brix
- Sabin Carr
- Levi Casey
- Kenneth Caskey
- Tom Churchill
- Frank Conner
- James Corson
- Ken Doherty
- William Droegemueller
- Ed Gordon
- Donald Gwinn
- Ed Hamm
- Charles Harlow
- Ben Hedges
- Creth Hines
- Bud Houser
- DeHart Hubbard
- Bob Kelley
- Bob King
- Eric Krenz
- John Kuck
- Charles McGinnis
- Harold Osborn
- Harlow Rothert
- Arthur Sager
- James Stewart
- Fred Weicker
- Dee Boeckmann
- Elta Cartwright
- Jessie Cross (r)
- Florence MacDonald
- Loretta McNeil (r)
- Betty Robinson
- Anne Vrana
- Mary Washburn
- Rayma Wilson
- Lawson Robertson (men's head coach)
- Johnny Behr (men's assistant coach)
- Dean Cromwell (men's assistant coach)
- Eddie Farrell (men's assistant coach)
- Harry Hillman (men's assistant coach)
- Wilbur Hutsell (men's assistant coach)
- Tom Keane (men's assistant coach)
- Jack Magee (men's assistant coach)
- Jack Ryder (men's assistant coach)
- Henry Schulte (men's assistant coach)
- Dink Templeton (men's assistant coach)
- Mel Sheppard (women's coach)
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