George Hutson

George Hutson

Personal information
Born	22 December 1889 Lewes, East Sussex, England
Died	14 September 1914 (aged 24) Venizel, Aisne, France
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	middle-distance
Club	Surrey AC
Medal record Men's athletics Representing  Great Britain Olympic Games 1912 Stockholm 5000 metres 1912 Stockholm 3000 m team race

George William Hutson (22 December 1889 – 14 September 1914) was a British athlete who competed at the 1912 Summer Olympics. [1]

Biography

Hutson, born in Lewes, East Sussex, became the National 4 miles champion after winning the AAA Championships title at the 1912 AAA Championships.[2][3]

Shortly after the 1912 AAAs he competed for Great Britain in the 5,000 metres event at the 1912 Summer Olympics held in Stockholm, Sweden. He won the bronze medal and also joined teammates Joe Cottrill and Cyril Porter to win his second bronze of the games in the 3000 metre team race.[4]

Hutson went on to win the British AAA 4 miles championship again in both 1913[5] and 1914.[6]

Hutson was killed in action, aged 24, during World War I,[7] serving as a serjeant with the Royal Sussex Regiment during the Battle of the Marne. His remains were not recovered, and his name is recorded on the La Ferte-sous-Jouarre Memorial.[8][9]

See also

• List of Olympians killed in World War I

References

1. George Hutson Archived July 27, 2015, at the Wayback Machine. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2015-01-23.
2. "Athletic Championship". Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer. 24 June 1912. Retrieved 2 November 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
3. "Amateur Athletic Championship". Leicester Evening Mail. 24 June 1912. Retrieved 15 November 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
4. "George Hutson". Olympedia. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
5. "Athletic Championships". Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer. 7 July 1913. Retrieved 16 November 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
6. "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 15 November 2024.
7. "Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 7 November 2014. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
8. "Casualty Details - Hutson, George William". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
9. Wallechinsky, David; Loucky, Jaime (2012). The Complete Book of the Olympics 2012 Edition. London: Aurum Press. p. 116. ISBN 978-1-84513-695-6.

External links

• George Hutson at Olympedia