Lawrence Whitney
Boston, Massachusetts, United States | ||||||||||||
| Alma mater | Dartmouth College | |||||||||||
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| Height | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||
| Weight | 86 kg (190 lb) | |||||||||||
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| Country | United States | |||||||||||
| Event(s) | Shot put Discus throw | |||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | Shot put – 14.64 m (1914) Discus throw – 41.42 m (1913) | |||||||||||
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Lawrence "Larry" Atwood Whitney (February 2, 1891 – April 24, 1941) was an American athlete who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.[1]
Career
Whitney graduated from
Whitney competed in the
In 1913, Whitney won the IC4A shot put title, as well as the USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, organized by USA Track & Field, as part of the Amateur Athletic Union. Two years later, he won the same IC4A event again. He retired shortly thereafter.
From 1915 to 1917, Whitney served as assistant football coach for the Penn State Nittany Lions, under coach Dick Harlow. He stepped down from the position to serve in the United States Army during World War I until 1919.
Personal life
A native of Millbury, Whitney, who also went by the nickname "Bud," was born to Walter Lincoln and Martha Horton. On January 26, 1946, Whitney married Katherine Brewster Gray in Boston. He had one stepson: Converse Gray Fenn, who also graduated from Dartmouth in 1938.
Whitney died in Boston in 1941, and was buried in Forest Hills Cemetery there.
In 1984, Whitney was posthumously inducted into the Dartmouth College Wearers of Green Hall of Fame.[4]
See also
- List of 1912 Summer Olympics medal winners
- List of Dartmouth College alumni
- List of medal sweeps in Olympic athletics
- List of Olympic medalists in athletics (men)
- List of USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships winners
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