Howard Ford (decathlete)

Howard Ford
Personal information
Nationality	British
Born	18 December 1905; Hawarden, Flintshire, Wales
Died	28 March 1986 (aged 80); St James's, London, England
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	decathlon
Club	University of Cambridge
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing England
British Empire Games

Howard Ford (18 December 1905 – 28 March 1986) was an English track and field athlete who competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics.

Biography

Ford was born in Hawarden, Flintshire, Wales. He finished second behind Harry Hart in the decathlon event at the 1928 AAA Championships.^[1]^[2]^[3] Shortly afterwards he represented Great Britain at the 1928 Olympic Games in Amsterdam, Netherlands, where he was eliminated after eight events of the Olympic decathlon competition.

At the 1930 British Empire Games he won the silver medal in the pole vault contest. In the shot put event he finished fifth and in the discus throw competition he finished sixth.

He died in St James's, London.

References

^ "Peltzer fails to come back". London Daily Chronicle. 7 July 1928. Retrieved 5 January 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "Champions of the AAA". Daily News (London). 9 July 1928. Retrieved 5 January 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 5 January 2025.

External links

sports-reference.com

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[1] "Peltzer fails to come back". London Daily Chronicle. 7 July 1928. Retrieved 5 January 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[2] "Champions of the AAA". Daily News (London). 9 July 1928. Retrieved 5 January 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[3] "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 5 January 2025.

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