Howard Wallace Crossett (July 22, 1918 – June 30, 1968) was an American
bobsled
Bobsleigh or bobsled is a team winter sport that involves making timed runs down narrow, twisting, banked, iced tracks in a gravity-powered sleigh. International bobsleigh competitions are governed by the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Feder ...
der who competed in the early 1950s. He won a silver medal in the four-man event at the
1952 Winter Olympics
The 1952 Winter Olympics, officially known as the VI Olympic Winter Games ( no, De 6. olympiske vinterleker; nn, Dei 6. olympiske vinterleikane) and commonly known as Oslo 1952, was a winter multi-sport event held from 14 to 25 February 195 ...
in
Oslo
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.
References
Bobsleigh four-man Olympic medalists for 1924, 1932-56, and since 1964*
ttps://web.archive.org/web/20121114073507/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/cr/howard-crossett-jr-1.html Howard Crossett's profile at Sports Reference.com
1918 births
1968 deaths
American male bobsledders
Bobsledders at the 1952 Winter Olympics
Medalists at the 1952 Winter Olympics
Olympic silver medalists for the United States in bobsleigh
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