1. Lawrence Atwood Whitney was an American athlete who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.
11 Facts About Lawrence Whitney
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Lawrence Whitney then graduated from Dartmouth College with a Bachelor of Science in 1915, where he competed in track, football as a fullback, and hockey, under coach Fred Rocque.
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Lawrence Whitney was the captain of the football team for the 1914 season, under coach Frank Cavanaugh, who coached at Worcester Academy while Lawrence Whitney was there.
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Lawrence Whitney, who wore No 1, earned College Football All-America Team honors in both 1913 and 1914.
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Lawrence Whitney was awarded the Kenneth Archibald Prize for his athletic achievements by Dartmouth, alongside Clarence Wanamaker, in 1915.
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Lawrence Whitney competed in the men's two-handed shot put, finishing 4th, and the men's discus throw, finishing 20th.
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Lawrence Whitney stepped down from the position to serve in the United States Army during World War I until 1919.
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On January 26,1946, Lawrence Whitney married Katherine Brewster Gray in Boston.
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Lawrence Whitney had one stepson: Converse Gray Fenn, who graduated from Dartmouth in 1938.
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Lawrence Whitney died in Boston in 1941, and was buried in Forest Hills Cemetery there.
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In 1984, Lawrence Whitney was posthumously inducted into the Dartmouth College Wearers of Green Hall of Fame.