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American hurdler
Jack Davis
Davis at the 1952 Olympics
Born September 11, 1930
Amarillo, Texas , U.S.
[1] Died July 20, 2012 (aged 81)
San Diego, California , U.S. Height 190 cm (6 ft 3 in) Weight 70 kg (154 lb) Sport Athletics Event 110 m hurdles Club U.S. Navy Personal best 110 mH – 13.3 (1956)
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Jack Wells Davis (September 11, 1930 – July 20, 2012)
[3] was an American
track and field
hurdler ,
silver medalist in the
1952 and
1956 Olympics over
110-meter hurdles . Davis lost to
Harrison Dillard in 1952 with the same time as the winner, and lost to
Lee Calhoun in 1956, again with the same time as the winner. He set a new world record 13.4 in a heat at the AAU in 1956.
Davis attended
Herbert Hoover High School in
Glendale, California , where he won both hurdle races at the 1949
CIF California State Meet , along with a third in the
long jump .
[4] After that performance, he was named "Athlete of the Meet."
[5] He then went to the
University of Southern California .
[6] At USC he was a three-time
NCAA 120y hurdle champion and the 1953 NCAA 220y hurdle champion. He was a three-time U.S. Outdoor 220y hurdles champion, and ranked #1 on three occasions. In 2004, he was inducted into the
USA Track & Field
Hall of Fame ,
[7] and the USC Hall of Fame.
Davis served in the U.S. Navy in 1954–57, and then became a real estate developer. He helped found the
United States Olympic Training Center in
Chula Vista, California .
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References
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Jack Davis . sports-reference.com
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Jack Davis . trackfield.brinkster.net
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Former Trojan Olympic Hurdler Davis Passes Away
Archived March 3, 2016, at the
Wayback Machine , USC Trojans Athletic Department, Accessed July 24, 2012.
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"California State Meet Results – 1915 to present" . Hank Lawson. Archived from
the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved December 25, 2012 .
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"Unofficial Athlete of the Meet" (PDF) . Prepcaltrack.com . Archived from
the original (PDF) on September 21, 2013. Retrieved August 8, 2016 .
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USC OLYMPIANS: 1904–2008
Archived September 16, 2018, at the
Wayback Machine , USC Trojans Athletic Department, Accessed August 26, 2008.
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Jack Davis
Archived August 26, 2019, at the
Wayback Machine , USA Track & Field, Accessed August 27, 2008.
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"USA Track & Field – Hall of Famer, Olympic medalist Jack Davis passes away" . Usatf.org . July 23, 2012. Archived from
the original on December 28, 2012. Retrieved August 8, 2016 .
External links
1876–1878New York Athletic Club 1879–1888NAAAA 1888–1979Amateur Athletic Union 1980–1992The Athletics Congress 1993–presentUSA Track & Field Notes
Note 1: In 1888 both the NAAAA and the AAU held championships
120 yd hurdles 1876–1927, 1929–31, 1953–55, 1957–58, 1961–63, 1965–67 and 1969–71; 110 m hurdles otherwise.
First place was shared in 1969 and 1977.
The 1920, 1928, 1932, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2016 championships incorporated the Olympic Trials, otherwise held as a discrete event.
2020 OT : The 2020 Olympic Trials were delayed and held in 2021 due to the
COVID-19 pandemic .
1879–1888NAAAA 1888–1979Amateur Athletic Union Notes
In 1888 both the NAAAA and the AAU held championships
220 yd hurdles 1887–1927, 1929–31, 1953–55, 1957–58, and 1961–62; 200 m hurdles otherwise.
The event was held on a straight track in various years, depending on the host facility
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