Frank Hussey
Athletics (sport) competitor
Died when: 69 years 315 days (838 months)Star Sign: Aquarius
Francis Valentine Joseph Hussey (February 14, 1905 – December 26, 1974) was an American sprint runner who won a gold medal in the 4 × 100 m relay at the 1924 Summer Olympics.
Frank Hussey, a schoolboy sensation from New York City's Stuyvesant High School, ran the third leg in the American 4 × 100 m relay team in Paris Olympics, which won the gold medal in a new world record of 41.0.
After returning from Paris, he attended Boston College and then Columbia University, and as a freshman became the leading Collegiate runner in America.
He won the AAU championships in 100 yd (91 m) in 1925.Although he was considered as a main favorite to gold medal in 100 m before the 1928 Summer Olympics, Hussey was eliminated in the heats of US Olympic Trials.
After that he worked as a salesman, taught in the New York State Prison System, and served as an official at athletics events in his free time.