Harold Earl Barron (August 29, 1894 – October 5, 1978) was an American sprinter. He specialized in the 110 m hurdles, in which he won a silver medal at the

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. Nationally Barron won the AAU hurdles title in 1917 and 1920 and the

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title in 1922. After graduating from

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he worked as an athletics coach at Mercersburg Academy, then Cascadilla School in New York, and finally at

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. In 1930 Barron, along with Earl Thomson and

Harry Hillman Harry Livingston Hillman Jr. (September 8, 1881 – August 9, 1945) was one of the longest serving Dartmouth Track and Field Coaches from 1910–45, and an American track and field athlete who won three gold medals at the 1904 Summer Olympic ...

, was involved in the design of a new safer hurdle, with a view to reducing the danger of bad falls and injuries.Coaches Design New Track Hurdle to Prevent Falls, ''Alton Evening Telegraph'', July 8, 1930

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1894 births 1978 deaths Pennsylvania State University alumni American male hurdlers Olympic silver medalists for the United States in track and field Athletes (track and field) at the 1920 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1920 Summer Olympics NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships winners Penn State Nittany Lions men's track and field athletes 20th-century American sportsmen {{US-athletics-Olympic-medalist-stub

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