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About George Baird
George Hetzel Baird was an American sprint runner who won a gold medal in 4 × 400 m relay at the 1928 Summer Olympics, breaking the world record in the process. A week later he helped to set another world record, at 3:13.4 in the 4 × 440 yard relay in London. Baird graduated from the University of Iowa and later took various jobs during the Great Depression. He assisted his brother Bill as a puppeteer, and later became an assistant professor of education at the New York University.
Everything about George Baird →- Occupation
- athletics competitor
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- March 5, 1907
- Died
- September 4, 2004