Harry Porter
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| Men's athletics
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Representing the  United States
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| Olympic Games | ||
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1908 London | High jump |
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Harry Franklin Porter (August 31, 1882 in
According to his 2019 trading card; "it was not until after his graduation that he became imbued with the athletic spirit. In 1907 and 1908, Porter won the National Amateur Athletic Union championship indoor running high jump title, making a new record, 6ft 1½ inches, and in the latter year he won the outdoor National and Metropolitan Amateur Athletic Union championship."[2] He was murdered in 1965.
Notes
- ^ "Harry Porter". Olympedia. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
- ^ 1910 Mecca Cigarette Champion Athlete and Prize Fighter Series.
References
- Cook, Theodore Andrea (May 1909). The Fourth Olympiad London 1908 Official Report (PDF). London: British Olympic Association. Retrieved 2008-12-29.
- Greenberg, Stan (1987). Olympic Games: The Records. London: Guinness Books.
- Kiernan, John (1977). The Story of the Olympic Games: 776 B.C. to 1976. Philadelphia and New York: J.B. Lippincott Company.
External links
- Archives of Irish America - NYU
- Cornell Olympians
- Infoplease list of high jump gold medalists
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Harry Porter". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.
- Winged Fist Organization
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