If there’s one historical archer who belongs in the “must-see” category for other archers, it’s Howard Hill.

Born in 1899 in Alabama, he remains one of the most successful competitive archers of all time. For 20 years (from the 1930s to the 1950s), he was the go-to archer for film studios, such as in the classic 1938 film Robin Hood starring Errol Flynn. In that movie, he famously splits an arrow down the middle on the target—a feat known as a “Robin Hood.”

Howard Hill also set a world record in 1928 when he shot an arrow 358 meters using a longbow.

For those interested in learning more about him, there is an abundance of material in the form of text, images, and videos available online. We’ve chosen a short film he made with Warner Bros. in 1945 titled Cavalcade of Archery, which was released in 1946.

http://archeryhalloffame.com/Hill.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Hill