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[American long-distance runner (1922–2021)] [date=August 2020] {{Infobox
sportsperson | name = | image = Curt Stone 1949.jpg | image_size = 230px |
caption = Stone in 1949 | birth_name = | full_name = Curtis Charles Stone |
nationality = | residence = | birth_date = [1922] | birth_place = Brooklyn,
Pennsylvania, U.S. | death_date = [2021] | death_place = Kent, Ohio, U.S. |
height = 175 cm | weight = 61 kg | country = | sport = Athletics | event =
1500–10,000 m, steeplechase | pb =1500 m – 3:55.2 (1950)<br>5000 m – 14:27.0
(1952)<br>10,000 m – 30:33.4 (1952)<br>3000 mS – 9:08.6 (1950)<ref
name=sr/>[1] | club = New York Athletic Club | alma_mater = | retired = |
olympics = | highestranking = | show-medals = yes | medaltemplates = [ Men's
athletics ] [ the [USA] ] [Pan American Games] [ 1951 Buenos Aires ] [ 1951
Buenos Aires ] }}
CURTIS CHARLES "CURT" STONE (November 19, 1922 – July 30, 2021) was an
American long-distance runner. He competed in the 5000 m at the 1948, 1952
and 1956 Olympics with the best result of sixth place in 1948. He also
competed in the 10000 m at the 1952 Olympics.
** Biography
During World War II, beginning in 1943, Stone served in Europe with the 95th
Air Base Wing, a unit of the U.S. Army Air Forces that was based at RAF
Horham in England, working for one and a half years as a finance clerk.[2]
During the 3,000 m steeplechase at the 1951 Pan American Games, Stone was
easily ahead but slowed on the final straightaway to allow teammate Browning
Ross to catch up. The two crossed the finish line hand in hand forcing a tie
for first place. Argentine officials debated whether to disqualify the pair
for helping each other, but ultimately let the results stand, ranking Stone as
first after a close examination of the finish photograph.[3][4] At those
Games, Stone also won the 10,000 m and placed fourth in the 1500 m final.<ref
name=sr>[url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/st/curt-stone-1.html
]
Stone won 13 AAU titles, including four in the 6-miles/10,000 m in 1951–54 and
three in the 5000 m in 1947–48 and 1952. During World War II he served in the
95th Air Base Wing near Horham, England. He then graduated from the
Pennsylvania State University in 1947, defended a PhD in education there in
1963, and became a professor at Kent State University.<ref name=sr/> As of
2021, he was retired and living in Brooklyn Township, Susquehanna County,
eastern Pennsylvania.[5]
Stone died on July 30, 2021, at The KentRidge Senior Living in Kent, Ohio, at
the age of 98.[6]
** See also
- List of Pennsylvania State University Olympians
** References
[Reflist]
** External links
[Curt Stone]
- [79099]
- [curtis-charles-stone]
- Obituary (see https://www.bisslerandsons.com/obituary/Curtis-Stone)
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