William Galbraith | |||||||||||||
Full Name: | William Jackson Galbraith | ||||||||||||
Country: | United States | ||||||||||||
Birth Date: | 15 September 1906 | ||||||||||||
Birth Place: | Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S. | ||||||||||||
Death Place: | Williamsburg, Virginia, U.S. | ||||||||||||
Discipline: | MAG | ||||||||||||
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William Jackson "Jack" Galbraith (September 15, 1906 – August 9, 1994) was a gymnast and Olympic medalist in the 1932 Summer Olympics.[1] He was a member of the United States men's national artistic gymnastics team and competed at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles where he won a silver medal in rope climbing.[2] [3] He served as a Rear Admiral in the United States Navy from 1929 through 1959 and was awarded a Silver Star, Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart, and Presidential Unit Citation.