Mel Sheppard
(1883-1942), Middle distance runner; OlympianMelvin Whinfield ('Mel') Sheppard
Sitter in 5 portraits
Won gold in the 800m, the 1500m and the medley relay at the 1908 London Olympics. Four years later in Stockholm Sheppard won gold in the 4 x 400m relay and silver in the 800m.
Visit of (U.S.) American Athletes to the Olympian Games - Franco-British Exhibition, London, 1908'
by Benjamin Stone
platinum print, 29 July 1908
NPG x131230
'Members of the Irish-American Athletic Club - Prize Winners in the Olympic Games, 1908'
by Benjamin Stone
platinum print, 29 July 1908
NPG x33501
Visit of (U.S.) American Athletes to the Olympian Games - Franco-British Exhibition, 1908
by Benjamin Stone
platinum print, 29 July 1908
NPG x131232
'Prize Winners in the Olympic Games'
by Benjamin Stone
platinum print, 29 July 1908
NPG x131228
by Benjamin Stone
platinum print, 29 July 1908
NPG x131233
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