Eddie Webster Explained

Eddie Webster
Full Name:Joseph Edward Webster
Nationality:British
Sport:Long-distance running
Event:10,000 metres
Birth Date:15 June 1902
Birth Place:Rowley Regis, England
Death Place:Italy

Joseph Edward Webster (15 June 1902 − 22 August 1945) was a British long-distance runner.[1] He competed in the men's 10,000 metres at the 1924 Summer Olympics.[2] He was killed in a military vehicle accident during World War II.[3]

Personal life

Webster served as a gunner in the Royal Artillery during the Second World War and was killed in a road accident in Italy on 21 August 1945, a month before he was to be demobilized. He is buried at Salerno War Cemetery.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Eddie Webster . Olympedia . 18 September 2021.
  2. Eddie Webster Olympic Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417185057/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/we/eddie-webster-1.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 12 November 2017.
  3. Web site: Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417055433/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/friv/lists.cgi?id=65 . dead . 17 April 2020 . 24 July 2018 . Sports Reference.