Bevil Rudd

Bevil Gordon D'Urban Rudd

Personal information
Born	(1894-10-05)5 October 1894 Kimberley, Northern Cape
Died	2 February 1948(1948-02-02) (aged 53) South Africa
Updated on 3 February 2016.

Olympic medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  South Africa
	1920 Antwerp	400 metres
	1920 Antwerp	4x400 m relay
	1920 Antwerp	800 metres

Bevil Gordon D'Urban Rudd (5 October 1894 – 2 February 1948) was a South African athlete, the 1920 Olympic Champion in the 400 metres.^[1]

Biography

Rudd was born in Kimberley. He was the son of Henry Percy Rudd and Mable Mina Blyth; paternal grandson of Charles Rudd, who co-founded the De Beers diamond mining company, and Frances Chiappini and maternal grandson of Captain Matthew Smith Blyth CMG, chief magistrate of the Transkei, and Elizabeth Cornelia Philpott.^{[citation needed]}

During his schooling at St. Andrew's College, Grahamstown (Upper House)^[2] he excelled both as a student and as an athlete, and he was granted a scholarship for the University of Oxford. Rudd served in the First World War, and was awarded a Military Cross for bravery.^[3]

Rudd completed his studies in England, and returned to South Africa, working as a sports journalist.^{[citation needed]}

He married Ursula Mary Knight, daughter of Clifford Hume Knight the Italian Consul to Cape Town, in 1926; they had at least two sons: Bevil John Blyth Rudd and Clifford Robin David Rudd, the South African Cricketer.^{[citation needed]}

In 1930, he became an editor for The Daily Telegraph, a position he held until after the Second World War. Shortly after his return to South Africa, he died there at age 53.^[4]

References

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