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John Crosby Jr.
Full name	John George Crosby, Jr.
Born	(1951-06-29)June 29, 1951 New York City, New York, U.S.
Died	October 17, 2017(2017-10-17) (aged 66)
Height	172 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	61 kg (134 lb)
Gymnastics career
Discipline	Men's artistic gymnastics
Country represented	United States
College team	Southern Connecticut State Owls
Gym	New York Athletic Club
Medal record Men's artistic gymnastics Representing  United States Event 1st 2nd 3rd Pan American Games 2 5 1 Total 2 5 1 Pan American Games 1971 Cali Floor 1971 Cali Rings 1971 Cali Team 1971 Cali All-around 1971 Cali Pommel horse 1971 Cali Parallel bars 1971 Cali Horizontal bar 1971 Cali Vault

John George Crosby, Jr. (June 29, 1951 – October 17, 2017) was an American gymnast. He was a member of the United States men's national artistic gymnastics team and competed in eight events at the 1972 Summer Olympics.

Crosby was part of the US team for the 1973 Summer Universiade but was hospitalized with appendicitis while in the Soviet Union.

Crosby competed collegiately on the Southern Connecticut Owls men's gymnastics team under Abie Grossfeld and Crosby's 13 individual titles were the most in the history of the National Collegiate Athletic Association.

References

1. "Owls Mourn Passing of a Legend, John Crosby". Southern Connecticut State University Athletics. October 19, 2017. Retrieved May 10, 2022.
2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "John Crosby Jr. Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved August 4, 2019.
3. US Gymnastics Federation's Magazine with competition results
4. Apple, Ginny (June 3, 1984). "Southern's Coach Taking His High Standards to LA". Hartford Courant. pp. E1 & E18. Retrieved November 28, 2023.

External links

• John Crosby Jr. at the USA Gymnastics Hall of Fame
• John Crosby Jr. at Olympics.com
• John Crosby Jr. at Olympedia

v t e 1972 USA Olympic Gymnastics Team
Men's artistic gymnastics athletes	Team Marshall Avener John Crosby Jr. Jim Culhane Jr. George Greenfield Steve Hug Makoto Sakamoto Alternate Jim Ivicek
Women's artistic gymnastics athletes	Team Kimberly Chace Linda Metheny Joan Moore Roxanne Pierce Cathy Rigby Nancy Thies Alternate Debbie Hill
Coaches	Men's Abie Grossfeld (Head coach) Eric Hughes (Manager) Women's Muriel Grossfeld (Head coach) Dorothy McClements (Manager)

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