Bingham attended Harvard University and set school records in track in the 440- and 880-yard runs.
During World War I, he served in France with the American Field Service and later with the United States Army.
He received the Croix de Guerre and attained the rank of captain.
[1] After the war, he became the track coach at Harvard, a position he left in 1922 to work in the import business.
He was forced out of the position in 1951 after the 1949 and 1950 Harvard Crimson football teams compiled records of 1–8 and 1–7.