Joe McCluskey
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Full name | Joseph Paul McCluskey | ||||||||||||||
Born | June 2, 1911 South Manchester, Connecticut, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
Died | August 31, 2002 Madison, Connecticut, U.S. | (aged 91)||||||||||||||
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Joseph Paul McCluskey (June 2, 1911 – August 31, 2002) was an American track and field athlete.[1] During his running career, he won 27 national titles in various distance events and captured the steeplechase title a record nine times in a 13-year period.
Biography
At the
McCluskey, born in
He served as Lieutenant Commander in the United States Navy during World War II, then later married having eight children and employed as a stockbroker in New York City.
McCluskey died in Madison, Connecticut at the age of 91.[1][2] He was survived by his wife Anne Conger, and his eight children, Joseph Jr., Mary Cotard, Kathleen McElroy, James, Robert, Richard, Susan Jaeger, and Martin van Buren. He also had 12 grandchildren, with his last grandchild born in 2003. His grandchildren are Julian and Antoine Cotard, Daniel and Emily McElroy, Andrew and Richard Jr. McCluskey, Joanna and Laura Jaeger, and Gabrielle, Liam, Lucas, and Aidan McCluskey. Two of his grandchildren, Daniel McElroy and Laura Jaeger, followed in his footsteps and attended Fordham University, where Laura competed, like her grandfather, on the track and field team running the 4x400 relay race.
References
- ^ a b c Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Joe McCluskey". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on December 3, 2016.
- ^ a b c Litsky, Frank (September 1, 2002). "Joe McCluskey, 91, Track Medalist, Dies". The New York Times. Archived from the original on November 4, 2012. Retrieved December 31, 2007.
External links
- Boylan-Pett, Liam (December 2018). "The No-Nonsense, Fist-Fightin', 27-Time-National Champion Who Raced His Ass Off". Løpe Magazine. No. 4.
- Joe McCluskey, "Manchester's Greatest Runner" at the Manchester Historical Society
- Joseph McCluskey at the Fordham University AthleticsHall of Fame
- Joe McCluskey at the USATF Hall of Fame (archived)
- Joseph Paul McCluskey at Olympics.com
- Joe McCluskey at Olympedia