William Arthur Hill (31 October 1896 – 1958) was a

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track and field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping eve ...

athlete who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics. In 1920 he was a member of the British relay team which finish fourth in the 4 × 100 metre relay event. In the 100 metres competition he was eliminated in the semi-finals and in the 200 metres event he was eliminated in the quarter-finals. He was born in

Bromley Bromley is a large town in Greater London, England, within the London Borough of Bromley. It is south-east of Charing Cross, and had an estimated population of 87,889 as of 2011. Originally part of Kent, Bromley became a market town, c ...

in Greater London and died in

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William Hill
Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2015-01-23. 1896 births 1958 deaths Olympic athletes for Great Britain Athletes (track and field) at the 1920 Summer Olympics British male sprinters English male sprinters Sportspeople from Bromley Athletes from London 20th-century British people {{UK-athletics-bio-stub