Robert Crombie

Robert Creswell Crombie (c. 1911 – May 1936) was a male athlete who competed for England.

Athletics career A commercial artist by trade,

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.