Arnold Jackson

Olympic athlete

1891 – 1972

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Who was Arnold Jackson?

Brigadier-General Arnold Nugent Strode Strode-Jackson CBE DSO*** was a British athlete, British Army officer, and a barrister. He was the winner of the 1500m at the 1912 Summer Olympics, in what was hailed at the time as "the greatest race ever run". He was a British Army Brigadier-General and amongst the most highly decorated British World War I officers.

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Born
Apr 5, 1891
Addlestone
Nationality
  • United Kingdom
Profession
Education
  • Brasenose College, Oxford
Died
Nov 13, 1972
Oxford

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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