Godfrey Rampling turns 100

[gh]

Forgot to note that the other day when the Headline was on the front page. Britain's oldest living gold medalist ('36 4x4). I think in any sport.

Bam, any idea who the oldest American trackster is at this point?

(movie buffs will know well Rampling's daughter, Charlotte, of course)

[Daisy]

Re: Godfrey Rampling turns 100

Britain's oldest living gold medalist ('36 4x4).

And a silver in '32

[bambam]

Re: Godfrey Rampling turns 100

Forgot to note that the other day when the Headline was on the front page. Britain's oldest living gold medalist ('36 4x4). I think in any sport.

Bam, any idea who the oldest American trackster is at this point?

(movie buffs will know well Rampling's daughter, Charlotte, of course)

We get asked things like this a lot. It is very difficult to prove oldest living because we may be missing a date of death for a deceased athlete. Here are the USA Olympic track & field Olympians from 1932-36 for whom we have no date of death. We are fairly certain everybody from 1924-28 is deceased, although we miss about 3 dates.

Grant MacDougal 1932 12 October 1910
John Brooks 1936 31 July 1910
Gloria Russell 1932 24 January 1912
Bill W. Miller 1932 1 November 1912
Edwin Turner 1932 15 September 1912
Evelyn Furtsch 1932 17 April 1914
Alice Arden 1936 23 July 1914
Bob Young 1936 15 January 1916
Lou Zamperini 1936 26 January 1917
Kathlyn Kelly 1936 30 August 1919

I know Zamperini is still alive. Anybody know about the others? You can help us out here. Alice Arden is Russ Hodge's mother so something might be out there about her.

[Matt]

Nice to see this get a mention......Pre would have spanked him had he competed in '36 though.

[jeremyp]

I remember Charlotte saying that she did not find out her father had a gold medal until she was an adult. Not British to brag!! Or even mention....

[Daisy]

I remember Charlotte saying that she did not find out her father had a gold medal until she was an adult. Not British to brag!! Or even mention....

I heard something similar re: Ovett's kids. They found out from friends, or something like that.

[edit] here is the original post from buckeye II.

[Daisy]

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He recently died in his sleep. Story on front page.