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Frank Hussey, a schoolboy sensation from New York City, ran the third leg in the American 4x100 m relay team in Paris Olympics, which won the gold medal in a new world record of 41.0.

After returning from Paris, he entered Boston College, and as a freshman became the leading Collegiate runner in America. He won the AAU championships in 100 ydThis article is about the unit of measure known as the yard''. For other definitions, see Yard (disambiguation). A yard (abbr. yd is an imperial unit of length, defined as 3 feet or 36 inches, which is exactly 0. 9144 metres, presuming international inche in 1925Centuries: 19th century 20th century 21st century Decades: 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s Years: 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 See also 1925 in aviation 1925 in film 1925 in literature 1925 in mu.

After that, Hussey's career went downward. Although he was considered as a main favourite to gold medal in 100 m before the 1928 Summer OlympicsThe Games of the IX Olympiad were held in 1928 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Amsterdam had made a bid for the 1920 and 1924 Olympics, but had to give way to war-victim Belgium and De Coubertin's Paris before finally being awarded with the organisation. Games, Hussey was eliminated in the heats of US Olympic Trials. But determined to go to AmsterdamMunicipality of Amsterdam St Andrew's crosses are taken to represent these (though the crosses are even older than the motto). A popular tradition links the X's to the three threats to the city: Water, Fire and Pestilence. Alternate meanings: See Amsterda in the hope that he may yet regain his old form, Hussey made a rather pathetic attempt to stowaway on the S.S. President Roosevelt, where the rest of the Olympic Team were.