Farchild Maccarthy was born in

Muskegon, Michigan Muskegon ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Muskegon County, Michigan, United States. Situated around a harbor of Lake Michigan, Muskegon is known for fishing, sailing regattas, and boating. It is the most populous city along Lake Michigan' ...

(May 28, 1896 – March 1977) was an American

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who competed in the late 1940s. He finished eighth in the men's skeleton event at the

1948 Winter Olympics The 1948 Winter Olympics, officially known as the V Olympic Winter Games (; ; ; ) and commonly known as St. Moritz 1948 (; ), were a winter multi-sport event held from 30 January to 8 February 1948 in St. Moritz, Switzerland. The Games were the ...

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. A cup competition on the

Cresta Run The Cresta Run is a natural ice track in eastern-Switzerland used for skeleton-toboggan racing. Located in the winter sports town of St. Moritz, the run is one of the few in the world dedicated entirely to skeleton. It was built in 1884 nea ...

in St. Moritz is named in his honor.

References

1948 men's skeleton results
* ttps://web.archive.org/web/20061028042402/http://www.travelintelligence.net/wsd/articles/art_1527.html Travelintelligence.net profile on St. Moritz featuring the cup in Maccarthy's honor*Wallechinsky, David (1984). "Skeleton (Cresta Run)". In ''The Complete Book of the Olympics: 1896 - 1980''. New York: Penguin Books. p. 577. 1896 births 1977 deaths American male skeleton racers Skeleton racers at the 1948 Winter Olympics Olympic skeleton racers for the United States 20th-century American sportsmen {{Skeleton-bio-stub