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Henry Cumming (athlete)

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Henry Cumming
Henry Cumming in 1928
Personal information
Born(1905-09-05)September 5, 1905
Augusta, Georgia, United States
DiedMay 10, 1945(1945-05-10) (aged 39)
Florence, Italy
Sport
SportSprinting
Event200 metres

Henry Cumming (September 5, 1905 – July 10, 1945) was an American sprinter. He competed in the men's 200 metres at the 1928 Summer Olympics.[1]

Cumming commissioned in 1941 as a major in the military intelligence section of the United States Army during World War II, later rising to colonel, serving abroad in Morocco and Italy, dying of polio in Florence on 10 July 1945.[2][3]

References

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  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Henry Cumming Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved July 8, 2017.
  2. ^ "Henry Cumming". Olympedia. Retrieved October 29, 2020.
  3. ^ Bryant, Jacob (May 2012). The Invisible Enemy: The Effects of Polio on the American War Effort during World War II, 1941-1945 (MA thesis). East Tennessee State University.
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