Edward O'Brien (athlete)
Edward T. O'Brien (12 September 1914–15 September 1976) was an American runner who competed mainly in the 400 meters. He competed for the United States in the 1936 Summer Olympics held in Berlin, Germany, in the 4 x 400 meter relay, where he won the silver medal with his team mates Harold Cagle, Robert Young and Alfred Fitch.
O'Brien was All American in the 400 meters three years in a row. He graduated from Syracuse University in 1937, and is in the Syracuse Hall of Fame, with his trophies on display there. He married Florence Quintin in 1937, and enlisted in the Navy in December 1941, serving on a destroyer in the South Pacific. He had one child, Edward T O'Brien Jr., a psychologist who resides in Clearwater, Florida. O'Brien died on 15 September 1976 of colon cancer after living for several years at his home in Bermuda.
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| 1876-1979 Amateur Athletic Union | |
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| 1980-1992 The Athletics Congress | |
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| 1992 onwards USA Track & Field | |
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| Notes |
- Note 1: In 1888 both the NAAAA and the AAU held championships
- OT: The 1920, 1928, 1932, and since 1992, championships incorporated the Olympic Trials, otherwise held as a discrete event.
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