Willard Lewis Tibbetts, Jr. (March 26, 1903 – March 28, 1992) was an American athlete who competed mainly in the 3000 metre team. Tibbetts grew up in Stafford Springs, Connecticut. He graduated from Worcester Academy in 1922 and matriculated to Harvard. He competed for the United States in the

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in the 3000 metre team where he won the bronze medal with his team mates Edward Kirby and William Cox.

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* American male long-distance runners Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in track and field Athletes (track and field) at the 1924 Summer Olympics 1903 births 1992 deaths Medalists at the 1924 Summer Olympics Harvard Crimson men's track and field athletes People from Stafford Springs, Connecticut Worcester Academy alumni 20th-century American sportsmen {{US-athletics-Olympic-medalist-stub