Cyril Seedhouse Explained

Cyril Seedhouse
Birth Date:10 April 1892
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Cyril Norman Seedhouse (10 April 1892 – 21 January 1966) was a British athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres.[1]

He competed for Great Britain in the 1912 Summer Olympics held in Stockholm, Sweden in the 4 x 400-metre relay where he won the bronze medal with his teammates George Nicol, Ernest Henley and James Soutter.[2]

During the First World War he served in the Royal Flying Corps and was injured in a dogfight that saw him drive off German Fokker aircraft.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cyril Seedhouse . Olympedia . 18 April 2021.
  2. Cyril Seedhouse Olympic Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418042949/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/se/cyril-seedhouse-1.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . 8 July 2017.
  3. British Aviator's Fine Performance, Dundee Courier, 15 March 1916

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