Farchild Maccarthy was born in Muskegon, Michigan (May 28, 1896 – March 1977) was an American skeleton racer who competed in the late 1940s. He finished eighth in the men's skeleton event at the

1948 Winter Olympics The 1948 Winter Olympics, officially known as the V Olympic Winter Games (german: V. Olympische Winterspiele; french: Ves Jeux olympiques d'hiver; it, V Giochi olimpici invernali; rm, V Gieus olimpics d'enviern) and commonly known as St. Moritz ...

St. Moritz St. Moritz (also german: Sankt Moritz, rm, , it, San Maurizio, french: Saint-Moritz) is a high Alpine resort town in the Engadine in Switzerland, at an elevation of about above sea level. It is Upper Engadine's major town and a municipality in ...

. A cup competition on the Cresta Run in St. Moritz is named in his honor.

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1948 men's skeleton results
* ttps://web.archive.org/web/20061028042402/http://www.travelintelligence.net/wsd/articles/art_1527.html Travelintelligence.net profile on St. Moritz featuring the cup in Maccarthy's honor*Wallechinsky, David (1984). "Skeleton (Cresta Run)". In ''The Complete Book of the Olympics: 1896 - 1980''. New York: Penguin Books. p. 577. 1896 births 1977 deaths American male skeleton racers Skeleton racers at the 1948 Winter Olympics Olympic skeleton racers for the United States 20th-century American people {{Skeleton-bio-stub