Birth Date: | February 14, 1905 |
Birth Place: | New York City, U.S. |
Death Date: | December 26, 1974 (aged 69) |
Death Place: | Coxsackie, New York, U.S. |
Height: | 178 cm |
Weight: | 70 kg |
Sport: | Athletics |
Event: | 100 m, 100 yd |
Pb: | 100 m – 10.7 (1924) 100 yd – 9.6 (1928) |
Club: | Stuyvesant High School |
Show-Medals: | yes |
Francis Valentine Joseph Hussey (February 14, 1905 – December 26, 1974) was an American sprint runner who won a gold medal in the 4 × 100 m relay at the 1924 Summer Olympics.[1]
Frank Hussey, a schoolboy sensation from New York City's Stuyvesant High School,[2] ran the third leg in the American 4 × 100 m relay team in Paris Olympics, which won the gold medal in a new world record of 41.0.[3]
After returning from Paris, he attended Boston College and then Columbia University, and as a freshman became the leading Collegiate runner in America. He won the AAU championships in 100yd in 1925.[3]
Although he was considered as a main favorite to gold medal in 100 m before the 1928 Summer Olympics, Hussey was eliminated in the heats of US Olympic Trials. After that he worked as a salesman, taught in the New York State Prison System, and served as an official at athletics events in his free time.