American sprinter
Frank Hussey
Hussey at the 1924 Olympics
Born February 14, 1905New York City , U.S. Died December 26, 1974 (aged 69)Coxsackie, New York , U.S. Height 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) Weight 70 kg (154 lb) Sport Athletics Event(s) 100 m, 100 yd Club Stuyvesant High School Personal best(s) 100 m – 10.7 (1924) 100 yd – 9.6 (1928)[ 1] [ 2]
Francis Valentine Joseph Hussey (February 14, 1905 – December 26, 1974) was an American sprint runner who won a gold medal in the 4 × 100 m relay at the 1924 Summer Olympics .[ 3]
Frank Hussey, a schoolboy sensation from New York City's Stuyvesant High School ,[ 4] ran the third leg in the American 4 × 100 m relay team in Paris Olympics , which won the gold medal in a new world record of 41.0.[ 2]
After returning from Paris , he attended Boston College and then Columbia University, and as a freshman became the leading Collegiate runner in America. He won the AAU championships in 100 yd (91 m) in 1925.[ 1] [ 2]
Although he was considered as a main favorite to gold medal in 100 m before the 1928 Summer Olympics , Hussey was eliminated in the heats of US Olympic Trials . After that he worked as a salesman, taught in the New York State Prison System, and served as an official at athletics events in his free time.[ 1]
1912 : David Jacobs , Henry Macintosh , Victor d'Arcy , Willie Applegarth (GBR ) 1920 : Charley Paddock , Jackson Scholz , Loren Murchison , Morris Kirksey (USA ) 1924 : Loren Murchison , Louis Clarke , Frank Hussey , Al LeConey (USA ) 1928 : Frank Wykoff , James Quinn , Charley Borah , Henry Russell (USA ) 1932 : Bob Kiesel , Emmett Toppino , Hector Dyer , Frank Wykoff (USA ) 1936 : Jesse Owens , Ralph Metcalfe , Foy Draper , Frank Wykoff (USA ) 1948 : Barney Ewell , Lorenzo Wright , Harrison Dillard , Mel Patton (USA ) 1952 : Dean Smith , Harrison Dillard , Lindy Remigino , Andy Stanfield (USA ) 1956 : Ira Murchison , Leamon King , Thane Baker , Bobby Morrow (USA ) 1960 : Bernd Cullmann , Armin Hary , Walter Mahlendorf , Martin Lauer (EUA ) 1964 : Paul Drayton , Gerry Ashworth , Richard Stebbins , Bob Hayes (USA ) 1968 : Charles Greene , Mel Pender , Ronnie Ray Smith , Jim Hines (USA ) 1972 : Larry Black , Robert Taylor , Gerald Tinker , Eddie Hart (USA ) 1976 : Harvey Glance , Lam Jones , Millard Hampton , Steve Riddick (USA ) 1980 : Vladimir Muravyov , Nikolay Sidorov , Aleksandr Aksinin , Andrey Prokofyev (URS ) 1984 : Sam Graddy , Ron Brown , Calvin Smith , Carl Lewis (USA ) 1988 : Viktor Bryzhin , Vladimir Krylov , Vladimir Muravyov , Vitaliy Savin (URS ) 1992 : Michael Marsh , Leroy Burrell , Dennis Mitchell , Carl Lewis , James Jett (USA ) 1996 : Robert Esmie , Glenroy Gilbert , Bruny Surin , Donovan Bailey , Carlton Chambers (CAN ) 2000 : Jon Drummond , Bernard Williams , Brian Lewis , Maurice Greene , Tim Montgomery , Kenny Brokenburr (USA ) 2004 : Jason Gardener , Darren Campbell , Marlon Devonish , Mark Lewis-Francis (GBR ) 2008 : Keston Bledman , Marc Burns , Emmanuel Callender , Richard Thompson , Aaron Armstrong (TTO ) 2012 : Nesta Carter , Michael Frater , Yohan Blake , Usain Bolt , Bailey-Cole (JAM ) 2016 : Asafa Powell , Yohan Blake , Nickel Ashmeade , Usain Bolt , Jevaughn Minzie , Kemar Bailey-Cole (JAM ) 2020 : Lorenzo Patta , Marcell Jacobs , Fausto Desalu , Filippo Tortu (ITA ) 2024 : Aaron Brown , Jerome Blake , Brendon Rodney , Andre De Grasse (CAN )
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 OT : The 1920, 1928, 1932, and since 1992, 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 . Distance : Until 1927 the event was over 100 yards, and again from 1929-31 ro : In 1886 the event was won after a run-off * : Penalized one yard for false start G1 : Race was won by Don Quarrie (Jamaica) competing as a guest
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