Chummy Broomhall

Chummy Broomhall (Wendall Broomhall, 3 December 1919 to 30 December 2017) was an American cross-country skier and ski-trail builder from Maine. Born in Mexico, Maine, he joined the Chisholm Ski Club in the 1930s, served in the 10th Mountain Division during the Second World War, and was a member of the United States Ski Team from 1947 to 1954. He competed in the 18 km cross-country event at two Winter Olympics, finishing 65th at St. Moritz in 1948 and 57th at Oslo in 1952. Off the snow he designed the cross-country courses for the 1960 Winter Olympics at Squaw Valley and the 1980 Winter Olympics at Lake Placid, serving as chief of competition at both, and in 1960 he was the first to groom the trails with mechanized equipment. He gave 300 acres to the Chisholm Ski Club, which led to Black Mountain of Maine, whose stadium now carries his name. He entered the National Ski Hall of Fame in 1981 and was an inaugural member of the Maine Ski Hall of Fame in 2003.