Marvin Rick
Full nameEdwin Marvin Rick
NationalityAmerican
SportMiddle-distance running
EventSteeplechase
Birth dateJanuary 31, 1901
Birth placeBrooklyn, United States
Death dateJanuary 21, 1999 (aged 97)

Edwin Marvin Rick (January 31, 1901 – January 21, 1999) was an American middle-distance runner.[1] 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.[2][3] He went on to compete in the men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 1924 Summer Olympics.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Marvin Rick". Olympedia. Retrieved September 24, 2021.
  2. ^ "MIT Olympic History". mitathletics.com
  3. ^ Rick Naturally Took to Running in Steeplechase, Brooklyn Daily Eagle, July 10, 1924
  4. ^ "Marvin Rick Olympic Results". Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved November 19, 2017.