1. William Arthur Carr was an American athlete and double Olympic champion in 1932.
24 Facts About Bill Carr
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Bill Carr's parents were Ann Holmes and William L Carr, a traveling salesman with the Mann-Tankersley Drug Co.
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Bill Carr received his elementary school education at Lakeside School in Pine Bluff.
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Bill Carr demonstrated skill at jumping, but he broke both ankles leaping over a bar and had resign late in the season.
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Bill Carr was recruited back to the high school track team in 1927.
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Bill Carr was the Pennsylvania champion in the 100-meter sprint, the 200-meter sprint, and the long jump, setting a state record for the latter.
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Bill Carr graduated from Mercersburg in the spring of 1929.
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Bill Carr was recruited by the University of Pennsylvania and started there in 1929.
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Bill Carr was on the track team and served as its co-captain.
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Bill Carr was the 1931 Amateur Athletic Union Indoor national champion in the 300-yards event.
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At the 1932 Intercollegiate Championships championships in Berkeley California, Bill Carr beat world-record holder Ben Eastman in the 440-yard dash, winning the IC4A 440-yard title for 1932.
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Bill Carr's time was 47.0 seconds; Eastman's record was 46.4 seconds.
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Bill Carr was ranked number one in the world at the 400-meters.
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Bill Carr had not only won a gold medal, but he had set a world record.
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Back at college in 1933, Bill Carr had a "lackluster" performance in the spring season.
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On March 18,1933, Bill Carr was in a car accident that broke both his ankles and his right pelvis.
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Bill Carr was in the hospital for four week and was not able to compete in track again.
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Bill Carr had a slight limp as a result of his injuries.
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In 1934, Bill Carr started working for the Insurance Company of North America.
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Bill Carr was a lecturer and writer about Oriental art.
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Bill Carr became the executive director of the International Center for overseas students in Midtown, New York.
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Bill Carr then moved to Tokyo, Japan where he was both vice president of Prismo Safety Products, a Pennsylvania highway safety and building equipment company, and the Far East representative of the Potter Brothers, a highway building equipment dealer from New Jersey.
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In 1966, Bill Carr died from congestive heart failure in Tokyo at the age of 56.
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Bill Carr was buried in Graceland Cemetery in Pine Bluff, Arkansas.