John Crosby Jr. | |
Full Name: | John George Crosby, Jr. |
Country: | United States |
Birth Date: | 29 June 1951 |
Birth Place: | New York City, New York, U.S. |
Height: | 172 cm |
Weight: | 61 kg |
Discipline: | MAG |
Gym: | New York Athletic Club |
Collegeteam: | Southern Connecticut State Owls |
Show-Medals: | yes |
John George Crosby, Jr. (June 29, 1951 – October 17, 2017)[1] was an American gymnast. He was a member of the United States men's national artistic gymnastics team and competed in eight events at the 1972 Summer Olympics.[2]
Crosby was part of the US team for the 1973 Summer Universiade but was hospitalized with appendicitis while in the Soviet Union.[3]
Crosby competed collegiately on the Southern Connecticut Owls men's gymnastics team under Abie Grossfeld and Crosby's 13 individual titles was the most in the history of the National Collegiate Athletic Association.[4]