William_C._Prout

William Christopher Prout (December 24, 1886 – August 4, 1927) was an American athlete. He competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London and was president of the American Olympic Committee. He was also the tenth state deputy of the Massachusetts Knights of Columbus from 1921 to 1924. Prout stood for election to become the District Attorney of Suffolk County, Massachusetts, in 1926, but lost.