Harry Marcoplos

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full nameHarry Byron•Marcoplos
Used nameHarry•Marcoplos
Born28 January 1926 in Baltimore, Maryland (USA)
Measurements183 cm / 73 kg
AffiliationsBaltimore Field Hockey Club, Baltimore (USA)
NOC United States

Biography

Harry Marcoplos played hockey (field) for the US at the 1948 and 1956 Olympics. He graduated from The Johns Hopkins University, where he later coached women’s field hockey. Marcoplos became a sheep farmer in Maine and then Maryland, and became an expert on sheep. The wool from his sheep was shipped to mills mostly in New England. He also worked as a principal of home instruction for Maryland’s Calvert School.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1948 Summer Olympics Hockey USA Harry Marcoplos
Hockey, Men (Olympic) United States =10
1956 Summer Olympics Hockey USA Harry Marcoplos
Hockey, Men (Olympic) United States =11