Delos Thurber
Olympic athlete
1916 – 1987
Who was Delos Thurber?
Delos Thurber was an American athlete who competed mainly in the high jump. He graduated at the University of Southern California.
He competed for the United States in the 1936 Summer Olympics held in Berlin, Germany in the high jump where he won the bronze medal.
During World War II Thurber was a pilot, serving in the Pacific Theater of Operations. After the war he stayed on in the Philippines as one of the founders of what would become Philippine Airlines. He eventually settled in San Diego and continued to fly DC-3 part-time for a non-sked operation until his 60th birthday forced his retirement from that.
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- Born
- Nov 23, 1916
Los Angeles - Also known as
- Delos Packard Thurber
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Education
- University of Southern California
- Died
- May 12, 1987
San Diego
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on July 23, 2013
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