Sonny Spencer Explained

Sonny Spencer
Nationality:	British
Sport:	Middle-distance running
Event:	1500 metres
Birth Date:	18 May 1903
Birth Place:	Mitcham, London, England
Death Place:	Nigg, Scotland

Sonny Spencer (18 May 1903  - 21 November 1943) was a British middle-distance runner.^[1] He competed in the men's 1500 metres at the 1924 Summer Olympics.^[2] He was killed in action during World War II.^[3]

Personal life

Spencer served as a sergeant in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve during the Second World War. He was killed in a night training accident when his Short Sunderland crashed at Nigg on 21 November 1943. Spencer is commemorated at the Runnymede Memorial.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Sonny Spencer . Olympedia . 17 September 2021.
2. Sonny Spencer Olympic Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417185031/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sp/sonny-spencer-1.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 24 October 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.