Crew Stoneley

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| nationality = British (English)

| sport = Athletics

| event = 400 m/440 y

| club = Army/Milocarian AC

| birth_date = 9 May 1911

| birth_place = Leeds, England

| death_date = 27 August 2002 (aged 91)

| death_place = Dorset, England

| height =163 cm

| weight =51 kg

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Crew Hadlett Stoneley OBE (9 May 1911 – 27 August 2002) was an English athlete who competed for Great Britain in the 1932 Summer Olympics.* {{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/st/crew-stoneley-1.html|title=Profile|website=sports-reference.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418042635/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/st/crew-stoneley-1.html |archive-date=18 April 2020 }}{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/69515 |title=Biographical Information |website=Olympedia |access-date=10 January 2025}}

Biography

Stoneley was born in Leeds, educated at Blundell's School and in 1931 received his commission in the British Army.

Stoneley became the national 440 yards champion after winning the British AAA Championships title at the 1932 AAA Championships.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000320/19320702/059/0006 |title=Amateur Athletics Championships |work=Gloucestershire Echo |date=2 July 1932 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=10 January 2025 }}{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001034/19320703/283/0022 |title=Fast times in AAA Championships |work=Reynolds's Newspaper |date=3 July 1932 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=10 January 2025 }}{{cite web|url=https://www.nuts.org.uk/Champs/AAA/index.htm |title=AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists |website=National Union of Track Statisticians |access-date=10 January 2025 }}

Shortly afterwards he was selected to represent Great Britain at the 1932 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, as the leadoff runner in the 4 × 400 metre relay, where he won the silver medal with his teammates Tommy Hampson, David Burghley and Godfrey Rampling. In the 400 metre contest he was eliminated in the semi-finals.

At the 1934 British Empire Games he was a member of the English relay team which won the gold medal in the 4 × 440 yards competition. In the 440 yards event he won the bronze medal.{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/london-1934/athletes |title=London 1934 Team |website=Team England |access-date=10 January 2025 }}

Stoneley was awarded the OBE. Stoneley retired in 1964 as a Brigadier and served as Colonel Commandant of the Royal Signals. He died in Dorset.