Edward Lindberg
Template:Short description Template:Infobox sportsperson Edward Ferdinand Jacob Lindberg (November 9, 1886 – February 16, 1978) 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 and died in Highland Park, Illinois.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Lindberg was a member of Big Ten champion track & field teams at the University of Illinois in 1906 and 1909 and won the AAU championships in 440 yd in 1909 and 1911.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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.<ref>Edward Lindberg's Edward Lindberg. Sports Reference.com</ref>
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- 1886 births
- 1978 deaths
- American men sprinters
- Baseball players from Iowa
- Olympic baseball players for the United States
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1912 Summer Olympics
- Baseball players at the 1912 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for the United States in track and field
- Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in track and field
- World record setters in the sport of athletics
- American people of Swedish descent
- People from Cherokee, Iowa
- Track and field athletes from Iowa
- Medalists at the 1912 Summer Olympics
- 20th-century American sportsmen