Marvin Rick
{{Short description|American middle-distance runner}}
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| name = Marvin Rick
| full_name = Edwin Marvin Rick
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| nationality = American
| sport = Middle-distance running
| event = Steeplechase
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1901|1|31}}
| birth_place = Brooklyn, United States
| death_date = {{death date and age|1999|1|21|1901|1|31}}
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Edwin Marvin Rick (January 31, 1901 – January 21, 1999) was an American middle-distance runner.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/78948 |title=Marvin Rick |work=Olympedia |access-date=September 24, 2021}} He was educated at Erasmus Hall High School before attending Mercersburg Academy, where he trained under Scots American coach Jimmy Curran. He entered university at both Princeton and Massachusetts Institute of Technology.{{cite web|url=https://mitathletics.com/sports/2021/4/20/information-excellence-OlympicHistory|title=MIT Olympic History|website=mitathletics.com}}Rick Naturally Took to Running in Steeplechase, Brooklyn Daily Eagle, July 10, 1924 He went on to compete in the men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 1924 Summer Olympics.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ri/marvin-rick-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418105901/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ri/marvin-rick-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 18, 2020 |title=Marvin Rick Olympic Results |access-date=November 19, 2017}}
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Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1924 Summer Olympics
Category:American male middle-distance runners
Category:American male steeplechase runners
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Category:Track and field athletes from Brooklyn
Category:20th-century American sportsmen
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