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H. B. Stallard

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H. B. "Henry" Stallard
Henry Stallard in 1923
Personal information
Born28 April 1901
Leeds, England
Died21 October 1973 (aged 72)
Hartfield, East Sussex, England
Alma materUniversity of Cambridge
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight75 kg (165 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event800 m
ClubUniversity of Cambridge
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)440 yd – 50.0 (1925)
800 m – 1:53.0 (1924)
1500 m – 3:55.6 (1924)[1][2]
Medal record
Representing  Great Britain
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1924 Paris 1500 metres

Hyla Bristow Stallard MBE FRCS (28 April 1901 – 21 October 1973), published as H. B. Stallard and familiarly known as Henry Stallard, was an English middle-distance runner and ophthalmologist.[3]

Early life

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Stallard was educated at Sherborne School (1914–1919), an independent school for boys in Sherborne, Dorset, before going up to Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, where he studied medicine,[4] and was a contemporary of Harold Abrahams.

Athletics

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Stallard was a member of the University Athletics team in 1920, 1921 and 1922. He finished second behind Albert Hill in the 1 mile event at the 1921 AAA Championships[5][6][7] and finished second behind Duncan McPhee in the mile event at the 1922 AAA Championships.[8][9] Additionally, he was part of the Oxbridge team that set a world record in the 4×880 yd relay in 1922.

Stallard became the national 1 mile champion after winning the AAA Championships title at the 1923 AAA Championships.[10][11]

Stallard competed at the 1924 Summer Olympics held in Paris; he won the bronze medal in the 1500 metres (time 3:55.6) and finished fourth in the 800 metres (time 1:53.0), despite sustaining a stress fracture in the right foot in the 1500 m heats. He was portrayed by Daniel Gerroll in the 1981 Oscar-winning movie Chariots of Fire.[1]

Stallard is the only athlete that won the Amateur Athletic Association of England titles over 440 yd (1925), 880 yd (1924), and mile (1923). He withdrew at the last minute from the 1926 AAA Championships after a copious blood donation to a patient at his hospital.[1]

Medical career

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Besides athletics, Stallard was a prominent doctor. As ophthalmic surgeon to St Bartholomew's Hospital and Moorfields Eye Hospital, he pioneered cobalt plaque radiotherapy for the treatment of ocular tumours, particularly in children.[4] He was elected as president of the Ophthalmological Society in 1972.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Henry Stallard. sports-reference.com
  2. ^ Henry Stallard. trackfield.brinkster.net
  3. ^ "H. B. Stallard". Olympedia. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
  4. ^ a b "Book review, Radiotherapy of interblobular and orbital tumors" (PDF). British Journal of Radiology. April 2003. Retrieved 1 August 2009.
  5. ^ "Athletics". Northern Whig. 2 July 1921. Retrieved 30 November 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ^ "Where Britain leads". Birmingham Daily Gazette. 4 July 1921. Retrieved 30 November 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ^ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 30 November 2024.
  8. ^ "AAA Championships". Daily Mirror. 1 July 1922. Retrieved 1 December 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. ^ "Athletic Championships". Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer. 3 July 1922. Retrieved 1 December 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  10. ^ "Liddell creates new record". Pall Mall Gazette. 7 July 1923. Retrieved 8 December 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  11. ^ "Athletic Championships". Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer. 9 July 1923. Retrieved 8 December 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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