David Athelstane Fall (December 4, 1902 – November 9, 1964) was an American diver who competed in the

1924 Summer Olympics The 1924 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1924), officially the Games of the VIII Olympiad (french: Jeux de la VIIIe olympiade) and also known as Paris 1924, were an international multi-sport event held in Paris, France. The op ...

. He was born in

Fairland, Oklahoma Fairland is a town in southern Ottawa County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 1,057 at the 2010 U. S. Census, an increase from the figure of 1,025 recorded in 2000. The town is in the historic Cherokee Nation. History Fairland was la ...

and died in

San Bernardino, California San Bernardino (; Spanish for "Saint Bernardino") is a city and county seat of San Bernardino County, California, United States. Located in the Inland Empire region of Southern California, the city had a population of 222,101 in the 2020 cen ...

. Fall competed collegiately for

Oregon State University Oregon State University (OSU) is a public land-grant, research university in Corvallis, Oregon. OSU offers more than 200 undergraduate-degree programs along with a variety of graduate and doctoral degrees. It has the 10th largest engineering co ...

and

Stanford University Stanford University, officially Leland Stanford Junior University, is a private research university in Stanford, California. The campus occupies , among the largest in the United States, and enrolls over 17,000 students. Stanford is consider ...

. In 1924 he won the silver medal in the 10 metre platform competition.

References

External links

David Fall at databaseOlympics.com
1902 births 1964 deaths Divers at the 1924 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for the United States in diving Stanford Cardinal men's divers Oregon State Beavers men's divers American male divers People from Fairland, Oklahoma Medalists at the 1924 Summer Olympics {{US-Olympic-medalist-stub