Tuffield LATOUR

Tuffy Latour had a long bobsled career, winning multiple US and North American titles. He represented the Saranac Lake Bobsled Club throughout his career. Latour was US Champion in the 2-man in 1940-41, 1947, and 1959, always as a driver, with various brakemen. He also won the North American 2-man Championships in 1940-41, 1946, and 1958. Latour’s grandson, also Tuffy Latour, became a member of the US bobsled team in the late 1990s, recruited from the US Army World Class Athlete Program. He never competed in the Olympics, but later became a coach for US Bobsledding.