Cecil Browning
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| Nationality | British (English) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 29 January 1883 Hampstead, London, England | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 23 March 1953 (aged 70) Westminster, London, England | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Cecil Le Cronier Browning (January 29, 1883 – March 23, 1953) was a rackets and squash player from England who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.
Biography
At the 1908 Olympic Games in London, Browning won the silver medal in the men's doubles rackets ompetition together with Edmund Bury.[1] He also competed in the men's singles event but lost his first match.[1]
Browning was excelled at squash and won the silver medal at the British Amateur Squash Championships during the 1923/24 season, losing to Tom Jameson 15–11, 16–14 in the final.[2][3]
References
- 1 2 "Cecil Browning". Olympedia. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
- ↑ "Squash Rackets". Newcastle Daily Chronicle. 18 December 1923. p. 4. Retrieved 28 May 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ Palmer, Michael (1984). Guinness Book of Squash. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. p. 145. ISBN 0-85112-270-1.
External links
Categories:
- 1883 births
- 1953 deaths
- English racquets players
- Olympic racquets players for Great Britain
- Racquets players at the 1908 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medallists for Great Britain
- Medalists at the 1908 Summer Olympics
- People from Hampstead
- Sportspeople from the London Borough of Camden
- 20th-century English sportsmen
- Royal Flying Corps personnel
- British military personnel of World War I
- British Olympic medallist stubs