Robert Crombie

Robert Creswell Crombie was a male athlete who competed for England.

Athletics career

A commercial artist by trade, he was affiliated with the Mitcham [Athletic Club],
He represented England at the [1934 British Empire Games] in London, where he competed in the long jump event, winning a X medal.
On May 17, 1936, Crombie went missing while walking with friends in Netley Woods near Guildford, where he was "believed to have been struck by lightning while sheltering beneath a tree"; he was found dead on May 19, at age 25.