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Robert Clark "Bob" Young (January 15, 1916 – February 3, 2011) was an American athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres.^[1] He competed for the United States in the 1936 Summer Olympics held in Berlin, Germany, in the 4×400 metre relay where he won the silver medal with his teammates Harold Cagle, Edward O’Brien and Alfred Fitch.^[1] He was the youngest member of the team.^[2] In college sports, Young competed for UCLA. He was born and died in Bakersfield, California.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b "Robert Young". databaseOlympics. Archived from the original on 2007-09-30.
^ ^a ^b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Bob Young". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.

External links

Steven Mayer (February 3, 2011). "Olympian ran with Owens, proudly insulted Hitler". The Bakersfield Californian. (obituary)
Eddie Deezen (February 20, 2013). "The Guy Who Gave Hitler the Finger". Today I Found Out.

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[do-1] "Robert Young". databaseOlympics. Archived from the original on 2007-09-30.

[sr-2] Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Bob Young". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.

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-'''Robert Clark "Bob" Young''' (January 15, 1916 &ndash; February 3, 2011) was an [[United States|American]] athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres.<ref name="do">[http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=YOUNGROB01 Profile on databaseOlympics]</ref> He competed for the United States in the [[1936 Summer Olympics]] held in [[Berlin]], [[Germany]] in the 4×400 metre relay where he won the silver medal with his teammates [[Harold Cagle]], [[Edward O'Brien (athlete)|Edward O’Brien]] and [[Alfred Fitch]].<ref name="do"/> Young was the youngest member of the team.<ref name=sr>[http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/yo/bob-young-1.html Profile at sports-reference.com]</ref> In the collegiate arena Young competed for [[UCLA]]. He was born and died in Bakersfield, [[California]].<ref name=sr/>
+'''Robert Clark "Bob" Young''' (January 15, 1916 – February 3, 2011) was an American athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres.<ref name="do">{{cite web |url=http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=YOUNGROB01 |title=Robert Young |publisher=databaseOlympics |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930051516/http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=YOUNGROB01 |archivedate=2007-09-30}}</ref> He competed for the United States in the [[1936 Summer Olympics]] held in [[Berlin]], [[Germany]], in the 4×400 metre relay where he won the silver medal with his teammates [[Harold Cagle]], [[Edward O'Brien (athlete)|Edward O’Brien]] and [[Alfred Fitch]].<ref name="do" /> He was the youngest member of the team.<ref name=sr>{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/yo/bob-young-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418002746/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/yo/bob-young-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-18 |title=Bob Young}}</ref> In college sports, Young competed for [[UCLA]]. He was born and died in [[Bakersfield, California]].<ref name=sr />
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-* ''[http://www.bakersfield.com/news/local/x435839902/Olympian-ran-with-Owens-proudly-insulted-Hitler Olympian ran with Owens, proudly insulted Hitler],'' obituary by Steven Mayer in ''[[The Bakersfield Californian]],'' February 3, 2011
+* {{cite news |url=http://www.bakersfield.com/news/local/x435839902/Olympian-ran-with-Owens-proudly-insulted-Hitler |title=Olympian ran with Owens, proudly insulted Hitler |author=Steven Mayer|work=[[The Bakersfield Californian]] |date=February 3, 2011}} (obituary)
-* [http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2013/02/the-guy-who-gave-hitler-the-finger/]
+* {{cite web |url=http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2013/02/the-guy-who-gave-hitler-the-finger/ |title=The Guy Who Gave Hitler the Finger |date=February 20, 2013 |author=Eddie Deezen |website=Today I Found Out}}
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v t e 1936 USA Olympic track and field team
Qualification	1936 United States Olympic trials (track and field)
Men's track and road athletes	Ellison "Tarzan" Brown Harold Cagle (r) Ernest Crosbie Glenn Cunningham Glen Dawson Tom Deckard Foy Draper (r) Al Fitch (r) Glenn Hardin Chuck Hornbostel Johnny Kelley Ernest Koehler Don Lash James LuValle Albert Mangan Harold Manning Joe McCluskey Billy McMahon Ralph Metcalfe Eddie O'Brien (r) Jesse Owens Bob Packard Joe Patterson Eino Pentti Fritz Pollard Mack Robinson Archie San Romani Dale Schofield Harold Smallwood Roy Staley Forrest Towns Gene Venzke Archie Williams Harry Williamson John Woodruff Stanley Wudyka Frank Wykoff Bob Young (r) Louis Zamperini
Men's field athletes	Dave Albritton Lee Bartlett John Brooks Billy Brown Ken Carpenter Bob Clark Henry Dreyer Gordon Dunn Don Favor Sam Francis Bill Graber Cornelius Johnson Earle Meadows Malcolm Metcalf Glenn Morris Jesse Owens Jack Parker Rolland Romero Bill Rowe Bill Sefton Alton Terry Delos Thurber Jack Torrance Dudley Wilkins Walter Wood Dimitri Zaitz
Women's track athletes	Harriet Bland Anne O'Brien Tidye Pickett Betty Robinson (r) Annette Rogers Simone Schaller Helen Stephens
Women's field athletes	Alice Arden Betty Burch Evelyn Ferrara Kathlyn Kelley Annette Rogers Helen Stephens Gertrude Wilhelmsen Martha Worst
Non-competing relay pool members	Marty Glickman Olive Hasenfus Louise Stokes Sam Stoller Josephine Warren
Coaches	Lawson Robertson (men's head coach) Dean Cromwell (men's assistant coach) Brutus Hamilton (men's assistant coach) Billy Hayes (men's assistant coach) Dee Boeckmann (women's coach)