Background

He was born in southwestern Pennsylvania in the small coal-mining community of Brier Hill, Pennsylvania.

Career

Wyatt represented the United States at the 1924 Summer Olympics and 1928 Summer Olympics. Wyatt"s middle name was "Knuth", which was his wife"s maiden name. He took his wife"s maiden name as his middle name.

He also became a radiographer working in Nevada.

His job led to his death of lymphoma.

Achievements

• In the 1924 Paris Olympics, he won a silver medal in the men"s 100-meter backstroke event. Four years later, in the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics, he won a bronze medal in the 100-meter backstroke for his third-place finish in the event.