Tom Sebring
| Harold L. Sebring | |
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| Justice of the Florida Supreme Court |
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In office 1943–1955 |
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| Preceded by | James B. Whitfield |
| Succeeded by | B. Campbell Thornal |
| Judge at the Nuremberg Doctors' Trial | |
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In office 1946–1947 |
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March 9, 1898 Olathe, Kansas |
| Died | July 26, 1968 (aged 70) |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Profession | Coach, Attorney |
Harold Leon Sebring (March 9, 1898 – July 26, 1968), nicknamed Tom Sebring, was a Florida Supreme Court justice, and an American judge at one of the Subsequent Nuremberg Trials of German war criminals after World War II. Sebring was a native of Kansas and an alumnus of Kansas State Agricultural College. While Sebring attended law school at the University of Florida, he also served as the head coach of the Florida Gators football team that represented the university.
Tom Sebring was born in Olathe, Kansas in 1898, the son of John Thomas Sebring and Anna Lee Hayden Sebring.
Sebring spent twenty-two months overseas and thirteen months in combat during World War I, and was twice decorated by the U.S. Army with the Silver Star for exceptional bravery under enemy fire, and also received the Croix de Guerre and Corde de Fourragere from the French government. Sebring was honorably discharged from the Army as a sergeant in 1919.
After returning to the United States, he studied architecture, engineering and business at Kansas State Agricultural College (now known as Kansas State University) in Manhattan, Kansas, where he also excelled as a member of the Kansas State Aggies football, boxing and track & field teams. Sebring was an All Missouri Valley Conference football selection in 1921 and 1922 and, later, was named to the Kansas State Aggies All-Time Football Team. Sebring received a bachelor of science degree in commerce from Kansas State in 1923.
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