| Olympic medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men's athletics | ||
| Competitor for United Kingdom | ||
| Bronze | 1924 Paris | 1500 metres |
Dr Hyla Bristow "Henry" Stallard (28 April 1901 – 21 October 1973) was a British athlete who competed principally as a middle-distance runner.
Stallard was educated at Sherborne School (1914–1919), an independent school for boys in Sherborne, Dorset, before going up to Caius College, Cambridge, where he was a member of the University Athletics team in 1920, 1921 and 1922. A contemporary of Harold Abrahams at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, where he studied medicine,[1] Stallard competed for Great Britain in the 1924 Summer Olympics held in Paris, winning the bronze medal in the 1500 metres and finishing fourth in the 800 metres. He was portrayed by Daniel Gerroll in the 1981 Oscar-winning movie Chariots of Fire.
Stallard went on to have a distinguished medical career. As Ophthalmic Surgeon to St Bartholomew's Hospital and Moorfields Eye Hospital, he pioneered radioactive Cobalt plaque therapy for the treatment of ocular tumours, particularly in children.[1]