He placed eighth individually, thereby winning a team bronze medal, together with Edward Kirby and Willard Tibbetts.

[1][5] Cox was educated at the Rochester Shop School, Mercersburg Academy, and Pennsylvania State University.

While at Mercersburg he put on several pounds in weight due to his love of potatoes in the school dining room, earning him the nickname 'Spuds'.

[6] Scots American coach Jimmy Curran trained him at Mercersburg.

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