Charles Proctor

{{Short description|American skier (1906–1996)}}

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| name = Charles Proctor

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| image = File:Charles N. Proctor, 1928 Boston Globe photo.jpg

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| sport = Skiing

| birth_date = {{birth date|1906|1|4}}

| birth_place = Columbia, Missouri, United States

| death_date = {{death date and age|1996|2|1|1906|1|4}}

| death_place = Scotts Valley, California, United States

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Charles Nancrede Proctor (January 4, 1906 – February 1, 1996) was an American skier. He competed at the 1928 Winter Olympics.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pr/charles-proctor-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418053031/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pr/charles-proctor-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 18, 2020 |title=Charles Proctor Olympic Results |accessdate=June 10, 2019}} Proctor attended Dartmouth College and was the son of a Dartmouth professor.{{cite web | url=https://skihall.com/hall-of-famers/charles-n-proctor/ | title=Charles N. Proctor | publisher=U. S. Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame}} He was captain of the 1927 Dartmouth ski team. With Rockwell Stephens he wrote a book, The Art of Skiing, in 1933.[https://books.google.co.uk/books/about/The_Art_of_Skiing.html?id=SptYAAAAYAAJ&redir_esc=y Charles Nancrede Proctor, Rockwell R. Stephens: The Art of Skiing, Harcourt Brace (1933)] Proctor moved to California and became the head of ski operations at Yosemite National Park for 20 years. He was elected to the U. S. Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame in 1959.