Foy Draper

Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox sportsperson Foy Draper (November 26, 1911 – February 1, 1943) was an American track and field athlete who won a gold medal in 4 × 100 m relay at the 1936 Summer Olympics. As a University of Southern California student, Draper won the IC4A championships in 200 m in 1935.

He reportedly held the world record for the 100-yard dash, which at the time would have been a hand-timed 9.4, made all the more remarkable by Draper standing only Template:Convert.<ref>Faster than the Fastest | Longform. SI.com. Retrieved on August 20, 2015.</ref>

At the Berlin Olympics, Draper ran the third leg in the American 4 × 100 m relay team, which won the gold medal in a world record time of 39.8.<ref name=sr>Foy Draper Template:Webarchive. Sports Reference. Retrieved on August 20, 2015.</ref>

During World War II, Draper served as a pilot on a twin-engine attack bomber A-20B 'Havoc' in Thelepte, Tunisia. On January 4, 1943,<ref name="WWII">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Draper took off to take part in the battle of Kassarine Pass. Draper and his two crewmen never returned and his death date is usually given as February 1, 1943. He is buried in the North Africa American Cemetery and Memorial administered by the American Battle Monuments Commission in Carthage, Tunisia. His gravestone shows January 4, 1943 as his date of death.<ref name=sr/>

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