Herbert Crowther
 Crowther at the 1906 Summer Olympics in Athens | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 28 October 1882 Dewsbury, England | |||||||||||||||||
| Died | 13 October 1916 (aged 33) Burley-in-Wharfedale, England | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Herbert Crowther (28 October 1882 – 13 October 1916) was a British cyclist.[1] He won two silver medals at the 1906 Intercalated Games and competed in one event at the 1908 Summer Olympics.[2]
Crowther died in 1916, from a skull fracture he sustained two years earlier after crashing his motorcycle into a horse-drawn coach in Lancashire.[3]
References
- ↑ "Herbert Crowther". Olympedia. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
- ↑ "Herbert Crowther Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 7 February 2013. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
- ↑ "Herbert Crowther". Olympedia. 17 May 2024.
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- English male cyclists
- British male cyclists
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- Cyclists at the 1906 Intercalated Games
- Cyclists at the 1908 Summer Olympics
- Sportspeople from Dewsbury
- Cyclists from Yorkshire
- Medalists at the 1906 Intercalated Games
- Cyclists who died while racing
- Sport deaths in England
- British cycling biography stubs
- British Olympic medallist stubs