caption death_date death_place club birth_place weight image_size height sport birth_date image article_title
charles melvin sheppard at the 1912 olympics reidpath , edward lindberg , james meredith and february 16 , 1978 -lrb- aged 91 -rrb- highland park , illinois , united states chicago aa cherokee , iowa , united states 76 kg lb on 300px 1.77 m ftin on sprint running november 9 , 1886 charles melvin sheppard 1912.jpg reidpath , edward lindberg , james meredith and edward lindberg

edward lindberg

edward `` ed '' ferdinand jacob lindberg -lrb- november 9 , 1886 -- february 16 , 1978 -rrb- was an american olympic athlete , winner of the gold medal in 4 × 400 m relay at the 1912 summer olympics .
he was born in cherokee , iowa to a swedish family and died in highland park , illinois .
lindberg won the aau championships in 440 yd in 1909 and 1911 .
at the stockholm olympics , lindberg won the bronze medal in 400 m and ran the second leg in the american 4 × 400 m relay team , which won the gold medal with a new world record of 3.16.6 .
at the same olympics he competed in the baseball event which was held as demonstration sport .
