Howard Ford | |
Nationality: | British |
Sport: | Athletics |
Event: | decathlon |
Club: | University of Cambridge |
Birth Date: | 18 December 1905 |
Birth Place: | Hawarden, Flintshire, Wales |
Death Date: | 28 March 1986 (aged 80) |
Death Place: | St James's, London, England |
Howard Ford (18 December 1905 – 28 March 1986) was an English track and field athlete who competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics.
Ford was born in Hawarden, Flintshire, Wales. He finished second behind Harry Hart in the decathlon event at the 1928 AAA Championships.[1] [2] [3] Shortly afterwards he represented Great Britain at the 1928 Olympic Games in Amsterdam, Netherlands, where he was eliminated after eight events of the Olympic decathlon competition.
At the 1930 British Empire Games he won the silver medal in the pole vault contest. In the shot put event he finished fifth and in the discus throw competition he finished sixth.
He died in St James's, London.