Alfred Lindley

Alfred "Al" Damon Lindley (January 20, 1904 – 1951) was an American lawyer and sportsman. He participated in a wide variety of sports, including rowing (where he won the gold medal in the eights in the 1924 Summer Olympics), [cite web |url=http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=LINDLAL01 |title=Al Lindley |accessdate=2008-08-30 |work=databaseOlympics.com |publisher= |date= ] skiing (in which he competed at the 1936 Winter Olympics)cite book |title=K2: The 1939 Tragedy|last=Kaufman|first=Andrew J.|authorlink=|coauthors=Puttnam, William L.|year=1992 |publisher=Mountaineers Books|location= |isbn=978-0898863239|pages=p.169] and mountaineering (in which his achievements included the second ascent of Denali). [cite book |title=Mammals of the National Parks |last=Burde |first=John H. |authorlink= |coauthors=George A. Feldhame |year=2005 |publisher=JHU Press |location= |isbn=9780801880971 |pages=p.25 |url=http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=2pa0zkeNUDUC&pg=PA29&lpg=PA29&source=web&ots=1kYcA_uq63&sig=KeIlv_w_nqKwXrRZjLlqs_gFbAM&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=10&ct=result ] He was also politically active as a supporter of Harold Stassen and a candidate for several offices himself.cite book |title=K2: The 1939 Tragedy|last=Kaufman|first=Andrew J.|authorlink=|coauthors=Puttnam, William L.|year=1992 |publisher=Mountaineers Books|location= |isbn=978-0898863239|pages=p.169] He died in an airplane crash in 1951. [cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title= Births and deaths|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,805780,00.html |work=Time|publisher= |date=March 05, 1951 |accessdate=2008-08-30 ]

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