Henry and Robert twin sons of Henry Ross and Louise (Humiston) Hume.
Henry and Robert were both Baptized April 20, 1924 Canonsburg, Washington, PA
During Korean Conflict was an Air Force Flight Surgeon.
Henry was an Orthopedic physician.
He married Virginia J. Taylor on September 29,1979 Harbor Springs, Michigan.
{A three-time National Collegiate Athletic Association (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.
The Hume twins were raised in Canonsburg, a small town in Pennsylvania's soft coal region, not far from Pittsburgh. Robert Hume set the school record for the mile, and Ross set the record in the half mile. After graduating from high school, the Hume twins enrolled at the University of Michigan to run track. One sports columnist in 1945 noted that the Humes were "twins in every possible manner, facial resemblance, running style, the clothes they wear, and the courses they are taking."
In his track career at Michigan, Ross Hume won three NCAA championships and six Big Ten Conference championships. He won the 1944 NCAA outdoor mile run in a dead heat with his brother. And in 1945, he won NCAA individual championships in both the outdoor mile run and the outdoor 880-yard run. ]He won six Big Ten championships from 1943-1946. His Big Ten championships included the indoor and outdoor mile runs in 1944 and 1945, all four of which were shared "dead heat" wins with his brother. He also won Big Ten championships in the two-mile run in the 1944 outdoor and 1945 indoor conference championship meets. Ross was named an NCAA All-American three times and was selected as the captain of Michigan's track team in 1945.
As a result of the Humes' practice of holding hands for a tie, the NCAA passed a rule in 1946 stating that athletes would no longer be able to tie in any track meets.
Ross and Robert were sons of Henry Ross and Louise (Humiston) Hume. During Korean Conflict, Ross was an Air Force Flight Surgeon. After graduating from Michigan, he married Virginia J. Taylor on September 29,1979, at Harbor Springs, Michigan. Ross became an orthopedic surgeon. His brother Robert became a general surgeon. Robert died in 1999.
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Henry and Robert were both Baptized April 20, 1924 Canonsburg, Washington, PA
During Korean Conflict was an Air Force Flight Surgeon.
Henry was an Orthopedic physician.
He married Virginia J. Taylor on September 29,1979 Harbor Springs, Michigan.
{A three-time National Collegiate Athletic Association (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.
The Hume twins were raised in Canonsburg, a small town in Pennsylvania's soft coal region, not far from Pittsburgh. Robert Hume set the school record for the mile, and Ross set the record in the half mile. After graduating from high school, the Hume twins enrolled at the University of Michigan to run track. One sports columnist in 1945 noted that the Humes were "twins in every possible manner, facial resemblance, running style, the clothes they wear, and the courses they are taking."
In his track career at Michigan, Ross Hume won three NCAA championships and six Big Ten Conference championships. He won the 1944 NCAA outdoor mile run in a dead heat with his brother. And in 1945, he won NCAA individual championships in both the outdoor mile run and the outdoor 880-yard run. ]He won six Big Ten championships from 1943-1946. His Big Ten championships included the indoor and outdoor mile runs in 1944 and 1945, all four of which were shared "dead heat" wins with his brother. He also won Big Ten championships in the two-mile run in the 1944 outdoor and 1945 indoor conference championship meets. Ross was named an NCAA All-American three times and was selected as the captain of Michigan's track team in 1945.
As a result of the Humes' practice of holding hands for a tie, the NCAA passed a rule in 1946 stating that athletes would no longer be able to tie in any track meets.
Ross and Robert were sons of Henry Ross and Louise (Humiston) Hume. During Korean Conflict, Ross was an Air Force Flight Surgeon. After graduating from Michigan, he married Virginia J. Taylor on September 29,1979, at Harbor Springs, Michigan. Ross became an orthopedic surgeon. His brother Robert became a general surgeon. Robert died in 1999.
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Henry and Robert twin sons of Henry Ross and Louise (Humiston) Hume.
Henry and Robert were both Baptized April 20, 1924 Canonsburg, Washington, PA
During Korean Conflict was an Air Force Flight Surgeon.
Henry was an Orthopedic physician.
He married Virginia J. Taylor on September 29,1979 Harbor Springs, Michigan.
{A three-time National Collegiate Athletic Association (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.
The Hume twins were raised in Canonsburg, a small town in Pennsylvania's soft coal region, not far from Pittsburgh. Robert Hume set the school record for the mile, and Ross set the record in the half mile. After graduating from high school, the Hume twins enrolled at the University of Michigan to run track. One sports columnist in 1945 noted that the Humes were "twins in every possible manner, facial resemblance, running style, the clothes they wear, and the courses they are taking."
In his track career at Michigan, Ross Hume won three NCAA championships and six Big Ten Conference championships. He won the 1944 NCAA outdoor mile run in a dead heat with his brother. And in 1945, he won NCAA individual championships in both the outdoor mile run and the outdoor 880-yard run. ]He won six Big Ten championships from 1943-1946. His Big Ten championships included the indoor and outdoor mile runs in 1944 and 1945, all four of which were shared "dead heat" wins with his brother. He also won Big Ten championships in the two-mile run in the 1944 outdoor and 1945 indoor conference championship meets. Ross was named an NCAA All-American three times and was selected as the captain of Michigan's track team in 1945.
As a result of the Humes' practice of holding hands for a tie, the NCAA passed a rule in 1946 stating that athletes would no longer be able to tie in any track meets.
Ross and Robert were sons of Henry Ross and Louise (Humiston) Hume. During Korean Conflict, Ross was an Air Force Flight Surgeon. After graduating from Michigan, he married Virginia J. Taylor on September 29,1979, at Harbor Springs, Michigan. Ross became an orthopedic surgeon. His brother Robert became a general surgeon. Robert died in 1999.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1944-Press-Photo-Bob-Ross-Hume-at-Western-conference-track-meet-in-Champaign-/371439634997?hash=item567b870a35
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Henry and Robert were both Baptized April 20, 1924 Canonsburg, Washington, PA
During Korean Conflict was an Air Force Flight Surgeon.
Henry was an Orthopedic physician.
He married Virginia J. Taylor on September 29,1979 Harbor Springs, Michigan.
{A three-time National Collegiate Athletic Association (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.
The Hume twins were raised in Canonsburg, a small town in Pennsylvania's soft coal region, not far from Pittsburgh. Robert Hume set the school record for the mile, and Ross set the record in the half mile. After graduating from high school, the Hume twins enrolled at the University of Michigan to run track. One sports columnist in 1945 noted that the Humes were "twins in every possible manner, facial resemblance, running style, the clothes they wear, and the courses they are taking."
In his track career at Michigan, Ross Hume won three NCAA championships and six Big Ten Conference championships. He won the 1944 NCAA outdoor mile run in a dead heat with his brother. And in 1945, he won NCAA individual championships in both the outdoor mile run and the outdoor 880-yard run. ]He won six Big Ten championships from 1943-1946. His Big Ten championships included the indoor and outdoor mile runs in 1944 and 1945, all four of which were shared "dead heat" wins with his brother. He also won Big Ten championships in the two-mile run in the 1944 outdoor and 1945 indoor conference championship meets. Ross was named an NCAA All-American three times and was selected as the captain of Michigan's track team in 1945.
As a result of the Humes' practice of holding hands for a tie, the NCAA passed a rule in 1946 stating that athletes would no longer be able to tie in any track meets.
Ross and Robert were sons of Henry Ross and Louise (Humiston) Hume. During Korean Conflict, Ross was an Air Force Flight Surgeon. After graduating from Michigan, he married Virginia J. Taylor on September 29,1979, at Harbor Springs, Michigan. Ross became an orthopedic surgeon. His brother Robert became a general surgeon. Robert died in 1999.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1944-Press-Photo-Bob-Ross-Hume-at-Western-conference-track-meet-in-Champaign-/371439634997?hash=item567b870a35
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