Oliver MacDonald

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Joseph Oliver MacDonald (born February 20, 1904 in Patterson , New Jersey , † October 21, 1973 in Flemington , New Jersey) was an American track and field athlete who was active as a sprinter in the early 1920s.

At the VIII Olympic Games in Paris in 1924 , he was a member of the 4 x 400 meter relay , which consisted of Commodore Cochran , Alan Helffrich , Oliver MacDonald as 3rd runner and William Stevenson in the world record time of 3:16, 0 min won the gold medal by a large margin ahead of Sweden and Great Britain.

Among the participants in the AAU championships of those years, his name appears only once: In 1925, he finished second over 220 yards behind Jackson Scholz .

After graduating from the University of Pennsylvania Dental School in 1927 , MacDonald opened dental practices in Patterson and Haledon . In 1959 he gave up this activity and became a real estate agent. He was also the first consumer affairs assessor on Flemington City Council.

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SURNAME MacDonald, Oliver
ALTERNATIVE NAMES MacDonald, Joseph Oliver
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American athlete
DATE OF BIRTH February 20, 1904
PLACE OF BIRTH Patterson (New Jersey)
DATE OF DEATH October 21, 1973
Place of death Flemington, New Jersey