H. B. Stallard

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.

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)
Medal record
Representing  United Kingdom
Olympic Games
1924 Paris 1500 metres

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, and was a contemporary of Harold Abrahams.

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