| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality |  England |
| Died | May 1936 Guildford |
| Occupation | Commercial artist |
Robert C Crombie (c. 1911 – May 1936) was a male athlete who competed for England.
Athletics career
A commercial artist by trade, he was affiliated with the Mitcham Athletic Club, and competed for England in the long jump at the 1934 British Empire Games in London.
Crombie was the 1936 AAA long jump champion.
On May 17, 1936, Crombie went missing while walking with friends in Netley Woods near Guildford, where he was "believed to have been struck by lightning while sheltering beneath a tree"; he was found dead on May 19, at age 25.
References
- ^ "Lightning Flash Kills Athlete", Daily Mirror (May 19, 1936), p. 1.
- ^ "Athlete Dead in Woods", Liverpool Daily Post (May 19, 1936), p. 1.
- ^ "England's Athletes", Sunday Mirror (July 22, 1934), p. 39.
- "Athletes and Results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- "BRITISH ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS 1919-1939". GBR Athletics.
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