Jack Newcombe
British bobsledder
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Born | 1910 Kent | ||||||||
Died | 26 February 1931(1931-02-26) (aged 20–21) Switzerland | ||||||||
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Sport | Bobsleigh | ||||||||
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Jack Stewart Newcombe (1910-1931) was a British bobsledder who competed in the early 1930s. He won the bronze medal in the four-man event at the 1931 FIBT World Championships in St. Moritz.
Bobsleigh
Newcombe was the brakeman and a member of the British and Royal Air Force bobsleigh team along with Pilot Officer Dennis Field (steersman), Pilot Officer Ralph Wallace and Pilot Officer Paddy Coote.[1][2]
After the World Championships Newcombe fell ill and died of Peritonitis on 26 Feb 1931.[3]
Royal Air Force
Newcombe passed through RAF Cranwell on 26 July 1930 from the same class as Douglas Bader.[4]