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Willard Tibbetts

Died
March 28, 1992
Age
89 years

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Willard Tibbetts, 89, American Olympic runner (1924).

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Willard Lewis Tibbetts Jr. (March 26, 1903 – March 28, 1992) was an American athlete who competed mainly in the 3000 metre team. Tibbetts grew up in Stafford Springs, Connecticut. He graduated from Worcester Academy in 1922 and matriculated to Harvard.

He competed for the United States in the 1924 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France in the 3000 metre team where he won the bronze medal with his teammates Edward Kirby and William Cox.

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