Cyril Seedhouse Explained

Cyril Seedhouse
Nationality:	British (English)
Birth Date:	10 April 1892
Birth Place:	Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, England
Death Place:	Exminster, Devon, England
Sport:	Athletics
Event:	400 metres / 440 yards
Club:	Blackheath Harriers
Show-Medals:	yes

Cyril Norman Seedhouse (10 April 1892 – 21 January 1966) was a British athlete who competed at the 1912 Summer Olympics.^[1]

Career

Seedhouse became the National 440 yards champion after winning the AAA Championships title at the 1912 AAA Championships.^{[2] [3] [4]}

Shortly after the AAA Championships, Seedhouse competed for Great Britain n the 4 x 400-metre relay, at the 1912 Summer Olympics held in Stockholm, Sweden. He won the bronze medal with his teammates George Nicol, Ernest Henley and James Soutter.^[5]

Seedhouse regained his 440 yards title at the 1914 AAA Championships.^{[6] [7]}

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.^[8]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Cyril Seedhouse . Olympedia . 18 April 2021.
2. News: Athletic Championship . Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer . 24 June 1912 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 2 November 2024 .
3. News: Amateur Athletic Championship . Leicester Evening Mail . 24 June 1912 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 15 November 2024 .
4. Web site: AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists . National Union of Track Statisticians . 15 November 2024 .
5. 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.
6. News: Amateur Athletics . Lancashire Evening Post . 4 July 1914 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 17 November 2024 .
7. News: Applegarth's Feats . Manchester Courier . 6 July 1914 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 17 November 2024 .
8. British Aviator's Fine Performance, Dundee Courier, 15 March 1916