James H. Snook
James Howard Snook | ||||||||||||||||||
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Snook in 1929 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Born | September 17, 1879 West Lebanon, Ohio, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||
| Died | February 28, 1930 (aged 50) Ohio Penitentiary, Columbus, Ohio, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||
| Resting place | Green Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, Ohio | |||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Professor | |||||||||||||||||
| Criminal status | Executed by electrocution | |||||||||||||||||
| Spouse | Helen M. Snook | |||||||||||||||||
| Partner | Theora Hix | |||||||||||||||||
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James Howard Snook (September 17, 1879 – February 28, 1930) was an American Olympic sport shooter, veterinarian, and convicted murderer. He won two gold medals for the United States at the 1920 Summer Olympics and worked as a professor and an equine surgeon at the Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine. In 1929 he murdered Theora Hix, a student with whom he had an extramarital affair, a crime for which he was executed in 1930. He is the only Olympic gold medalist to have been executed for murder.