Oliver MacDonald

Joseph Oliver MacDonald ( born February 20, 1904 in Patterson, New Jersey; † October 21, 1973 in Flemington, New Jersey) was an American athlete who was active as a sprinter in the early 1920s.

In the VIII Summer Olympics in Paris in 1924 he was a member of the 4 × 400 m relay, which in the cast Commodore Cochran, Alan Helffrich, Oliver MacDonald large as 3 runners and William Stevenson in the world record time of 3:16, 0 minutes distance ahead of Sweden and Great Britain won the gold medal.

Among those attending the AAU championships in those years his name appears only once: in 1925 he was about 220 yards second behind Jackson Scholz.

After graduating (1927 ) from the University of Pennsylvania Dental School MacDonald opened dental offices in Patterson and Haledon. In 1959 he continued in this capacity and was Realtor. He also was the first assessor of Consumer Affairs in the City Council of Flemington.

Flemington (New Jersey) Athletics (sport) 1924 Summer Olympics 4 × 400 metres relay William Stevenson (athlete) Haledon, New Jersey Edward Lindberg Ted Meredith Charles Reidpath Cecil Griffiths Guy Butler (athlete) George Baird (athlete) Emerson Spencer Ivan Fuqua Karl Warner Bill Carr Freddie Wolff Godfrey Rampling Bill Roberts (athlete) Godfrey Brown Arthur Harnden Arthur Wint Leslie Laing George Rhoden Jesse Mashburn Jack Yerman Earl Young (athlete) Otis Davis Ollan Cassell Ulis Williams Henry Carr Ron Freeman Larry James Lee Evans (athlete) Robert Ouko (athlete) Julius Sang Herman Frazier Benny Brown Maxie Parks Remigijus Valiulis Mikhail Linge Nikolay Chernetskiy Sunder Nix Ray Armstead Alonzo Babers Antonio McKay Danny Everett Steve Lewis (sprinter) Kevin Robinzine Andrew Valmon Quincy Watts Michael Johnson (sprinter) Alvin Harrison LaMont Smith Derek Mills Anthuan Maybank Enefiok Udo-Obong Jude Monye Sunday Bada Otis Harris Derrick Brew Jeremy Wariner Darold Williamson LaShawn Merritt Angelo Taylor David Neville (athlete) Chris Brown (athlete) Demetrius Pinder Michael Mathieu Ramon Miller
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