Bill Carr

Bill Carr (actually William Arthur Carr, born October 24, 1909 in Pine Bluff, Arkansas; † January 14, 1966 in Tokyo, Japan) was an American sprinter and Olympic gold medalist.

Carr studied at the University of Pennsylvania where he was trained by Lawson Robertson, an Olympian in 1904. Carr's favorite tracks were the 440 and 880 yards and the long jump. At the IC4A Championships in 1932 he put about 440 yards to set a world record, which he confirmed a few weeks later as a favorite at the Olympic Games in Los Angeles.

There he won the gold medal in the 400 -meter run, before the former U.S. world record holder Ben Eastman ( silver) and the Canadian Alex Wilson ( bronze), as well as the team gold medal in the 4 x 400 - meter relay, together with his teammates Ivan Fuqua, Edgar Ablowich and Karl Warner, before the teams from the UK ( silver ) and Canada ( bronze). In this run put the U.S. team with a time of 3:08,2 minutes on a world record.

On March 17, 1933 Carr's athletic career was cut short by a car accident. He broke both legs and both sides of the pelvis. Although he was completely healthy again, he took the training never to rise again.