Robert Crombie
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality |  England |
| Died | May 1936 Guildford |
| Occupation | Commercial artist |
Robert C Crombie (c. 1911 – May 1936)[1][2] was a male athlete who competed for England.
Athletics career
[edit]A commercial artist by trade,[1] he was affiliated with the Mitcham Athletic Club,[2][3] and competed for England in the long jump at the 1934 British Empire Games in London.[3][4]
Crombie was the 1936 AAA long jump champion.[2][5]
On May 17, 1936, Crombie went missing while walking with friends in Netley Woods near Guildford, where he was "believed to have been struck by lightning while sheltering beneath a tree";[2] he was found dead on May 19, at age 25.[1][2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Lightning Flash Kills Athlete", Daily Mirror (May 19, 1936), p. 1.
- ^ a b c d e "Athlete Dead in Woods", Liverpool Daily Post (May 19, 1936), p. 1.
- ^ a b "England's Athletes", Sunday Mirror (July 22, 1934), p. 39.
- ^ "Athletes and Results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ "BRITISH ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS 1919-1939". GBR Athletics.
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