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Born in Guisborough, William Applegarth was one of the best European sprinters during the World War I.

At the Stockholm Olympics, Applegarth was eliminated in the semifinals of 100 m and won a Bronze medal in 200 m. As the anchoring leg in the British 4x100 m relay team, he won a gold medal, in spite of finishing second after United States in the semifinal. United States was later disqualified for a fault in passing the baton, the same mistake was made in the final by world record holder and main favourite GermanThe Federal Republic of Germany ( German: Bundesrepublik Deutschland is one of the world's leading industrialized countries, located in the middle of the European Union. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark and the Baltic Sea, to the east team.

Applegarth was a British AAA champion 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 19131913 is a common year starting on Wednesday. click on link for calendar) Events January-March January 30 House of Lords rejects Irish Home Rule Bill February 1 New York City's Grand Central Station opens as the world's largest train station. February 3 Th and 1914Events January 4 77 seal hunters freeze to death on ice near Labrador January 5 Ford Motor Company announces an eight-hour workday and a minimum wage of $5 for a day's labor February 13 Copyright: In New York City the ASCAP (for American Society of Compos and in 220 yd from 19121912 is a leap year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar) Events January 1 Establishment of Republic of China. January 6 New Mexico is admitted as the 47th U. January 17 British polar explorer Robert Falcon Scott and a team of four begin the to 1914Events January 4 77 seal hunters freeze to death on ice near Labrador January 5 Ford Motor Company announces an eight-hour workday and a minimum wage of $5 for a day's labor February 13 Copyright: In New York City the ASCAP (for American Society of Compos. Shortly after the Olympics Applegarth repeated the Don Lippincott 's world record in 100 m of 10.6 and set a new world record of 21.2 in 200 m in the 1914 AAA meeting.

In 1915Events January 12 The Rocky Mountain National Park is established by an act of Congress. January 12 United States House of Representatives rejects proposal to give women the right to vote. January 13 An earthquake (6. 8 in Richter scale) in Avezzano, Ital Applegarth turned professional and emigrated to America, where became track and soccer coach at Mercersburg Academy in PennsylvaniaPennsylvania (the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is one of four states of the United States of America that is called a commonwealth. It has given its name to the Pennsylvanian time period in geology. Pennsylvania is called the Keystone State. Although Swed. He also played for Brooklyn in the American Soccer League. William Applegarth died at age 68 in the same year that his British 100 yd record of 9.8 was finally broken.