1922 - 2001
H. Ross Hume Track and Field
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Details
| Birthday |
18th September, 1922
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| Birthplace |
Canonsburg, Pennsylvania
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| Died |
4th January, 2001
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| Place of Death |
Harbor Springs, Michigan
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| Zodiac Sign |
Virgo
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| Occupation Text |
Medical doctor
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| Occupation |
Track and Field
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Henry Ross Hume (September 18, 1922 – January 4, 2001) was an American three-time NCAA champion distance runner who was inducted into the University of Michigan Athletic Hall of Honor in 1990. He and his twin brother, Robert H. Hume, became famous in 1944 and 1945 as the “dead heat twins” due to their practice of finishing their races hand-in-hand in an intentional effort to finish each race tied for the win. During the 1944 track season, the Hume twins tied for the win in nine straight mile races, including the Big Ten Conference and NCAA championships. They were co-winners in every mile event they entered in 1944 except one. The exception occurred at a dual meet in which "a meticulous official ruled that one of the Humes beat the other across the finish line by a couple of inches although they were hand in hand at the wire." Their best time in a “dead heat” mile with hands clasped was 4:14.6 at the Central Collegiate Conference meet in 1944; the time broke a school record of 4:16.4 that had been set by H.L. Carroll 28 years earlier in 1916.
