H. B. Stallard
{{Short description|British athlete}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2015}}
{{Use British English|date=May 2015}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
|name=H. B. "Henry" Stallard
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|image =Henry Stallard 1923.jpg
| image_size =250px
|caption=Henry Stallard in 1923
|birth_date= 28 April 1901
|birth_place= Leeds, England
| death_date = 21 October 1973 (aged 72)
| death_place = Hartfield, East Sussex, England
| height = {{convert|1.86|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
| weight = {{convert|75|kg|lb|abbr=on}}
|sport=Athletics
|event= 800 m
|club= University of Cambridge AC
Achilles Club
|pb= 440 yd – 50.0 (1925)
800 m – 1:53.0 (1924)
1500 m – 3:55.6 (1924)
|alma_mater= University of Cambridge
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{{MedalBronze | 1924 Paris | 1500 metres}}
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Hyla Bristow Stallard {{post-nominals|country=GBR|MBE|FRCS}} (28 April 1901 – 21 October 1973), published as H. B. Stallard and familiarly known as Henry Stallard, was an English middle-distance runner and ophthalmologist.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/69505 |title=H. B. Stallard |work=Olympedia |access-date=17 September 2021}}
Early life
Stallard was educated at Sherborne School (1914–1919), an independent school for boys in Sherborne, Dorset, before going up to Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, where he studied medicine,{{cite web|url=http://bjr.birjournals.org/cgi/reprint/76/904/283-a.pdf|title=Book review, Radiotherapy of interblobular and orbital tumors|date=April 2003|publisher=British Journal of Radiology|access-date=2009-08-01}} and was a contemporary of Harold Abrahams.
Athletics
Stallard was a member of the University Athletics team in 1920, 1921 and 1922. He finished second behind Albert Hill in the 1 mile event at the 1921 AAA Championships{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001542/19210702/056/0003 |title=Athletics |work=Northern Whig |date=2 July 1921 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=30 November 2024 }}{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000669/19210704/131/0006 |title=Where Britain leads |work=Birmingham Daily Gazette |date=4 July 1921 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=30 November 2024 }} and finished second behind Duncan McPhee in the mile event at the 1922 AAA Championships.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000560/19220701/111/0014 |title=AAA Championships |work=Daily Mirror |date=1 July 1922 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=1 December 2024 }}{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000687/19220703/418/0016 |title=Athletic Championships |work=Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer |date=3 July 1922 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=1 December 2024 }} Additionally, he was part of the Oxbridge team that set a world record in the 4×880 yd relay in 1922.
Stallard became the national 1 mile champion after winning the AAA Championships title at the 1923 AAA Championships{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001947/19230707/184/0012 |title=Liddell creates new record |work=Pall Mall Gazette |date=7 July 1923 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=8 December 2024 }}{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000687/19220703/418/0016 |title=Athletic Championships |work=Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer |date=9 July 1923 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=8 December 2024 }} and the 880 yards British champion at the 1924 AAA Championships.{{cite web|url=https://nuts.org.uk/Champs/AAA/index.htm |title=AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists |website=National Union of Track Statisticians |access-date=30 November 2024 }}
Stallard competed at the 1924 Summer Olympics held in Paris; he won the bronze medal in the 1500 metres (time 3:55.6) and finished fourth in the 800 metres (time 1:53.0), despite sustaining a stress fracture in the right foot in the 1500 m heats. He was portrayed by Daniel Gerroll in the 1981 Oscar-winning movie Chariots of Fire.
Stallard is the only athlete that won the Amateur Athletic Association of England titles over 440 yd (1925), 880 yd (1924), and mile (1923). He withdrew at the last minute from the 1926 AAA Championships after a copious blood donation to a patient at his hospital.
Medical career
Besides athletics, Stallard was a prominent doctor. As ophthalmic surgeon to St Bartholomew's Hospital and Moorfields Eye Hospital, he pioneered cobalt plaque radiotherapy for the treatment of ocular tumours, particularly in children. He was elected as president of the Ophthalmological Society in 1972.
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Category:British male middle-distance runners
Category:Olympic bronze medallists for Great Britain
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1924 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic athletes for Great Britain
Category:People educated at Sherborne School
Category:Alumni of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge
Category:Medalists at the 1924 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field)
Category:English male middle-distance runners