Howard Hill

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Howard Hill (November 13, 1899 - February 4, 1975) was an archer who was unofficially referred to as the "World's Greatest Archer". He is the only person to win 196 archery field tournaments in succession. He was inducted into the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame in 1971 for his skill in Archery[citation needed].

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[edit] Performing

He would perform by doing difficult trick shots like shooting an apple off of someone's head from as far as sixty feet, and then top that by shooting a prune from the same distance[1] He put out several short documentaries on archery, often featuring himself performing other trick shots like shooting a flipped coin from a distance or splitting a rolling ball made of wood. He would also sit on the ground and push his bow with his feet while pulling the arrow back; even from this position he was able to hit the bullseye.

[edit] Filmography

[edit] Acting

Cruise of the Zaca (1952)

Deep Sea Fishing (1952)

Arrow Artistry (1951)

Battle of Champs (1947)

Cavalcade of Archery (1946)

Wild Boar Hunt (1940)

Sword Fishing (1939)

The Last Wilderness (1935)

[edit] Technical advisor and archery instructor

Across the Wide Missouri (1951)

The Bandit of Sherwood Forest (1946)

Buffalo Bill (1944)

The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)

His role as stunt archer in the film The Adventures of Robin Hood (in which Errol Flynn plays the title character) allowed for a famous shot of the movie, in which Robin Hood splits an arrow from nock to tip. In an episode of MythBusters, nobody was able to replicate the complete splitting of an arrow, and it was revealed that Howard Hill was able to accomplish this only because the arrow to be split was made of bamboo, not wood-.

[edit] Fictional Representations

In Book One of Mike Grell's "Green Arrow: The Longbow Hunters", Howard Hill is mentioned by Oliver Queen as having been his childhood idol. It is shown that Ollie met Hill on the cruise that led to Queen's becoming the Emerald Archer.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Wiles, Buster (Februrary 1989). My Days With Errol Flynn: The Autobiography of Stuntman Buster Wiles. Roundtable Publishing. ISBN 0-915677-36-9. 

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[edit] See also

The Adventures of Robin Hood

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