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Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Script error: No such module "infobox".Template:Wikidata imageScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "Check for clobbered parameters". Foy Draper (November 26, 1911 – February 1, 1943) was an American track and field athlete who won a gold medal in 4 × 100 m relay at the 1936 Summer Olympics. As a University of Southern California student, Draper won the IC4A championships in 200 m in 1935.
He reportedly held the world record for the 100-yard dash, which at the time would have been a hand-timed 9.4, made all the more remarkable by Draper standing only Script error: No such module "convert"..[1]
At the Berlin Olympics, Draper ran the third leg in the American 4 × 100 m relay team, which won the gold medal in a world record time of 39.8.[2]
During World War II, Draper served as a pilot on a twin-engine attack bomber A-20B 'Havoc' in Thelepte, Tunisia. On January 4, 1943,[3] Draper took off to take part in the battle of Kassarine Pass. Draper and his two crewmen never returned and his death date is usually given as February 1, 1943. He is buried in the North Africa American Cemetery and Memorial administered by the American Battle Monuments Commission in Carthage, Tunisia. His gravestone shows January 4, 1943 as his date of death.[2]
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- ↑ Faster than the Fastest | Longform. SI.com. Retrieved on August 20, 2015.
- ↑ a b Foy Draper Template:Webarchive. Sports Reference. Retrieved on August 20, 2015.
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- American men sprinters
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1936 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for the United States in track and field
- Track and field athletes from Texas
- United States Army Air Forces bomber pilots of World War II
- United States Army Air Forces personnel killed in World War II
- University of Southern California alumni
- 20th-century American sportsmen
- USC Trojans men's track and field athletes
- Sportspeople from Georgetown, Texas