Harry Jerome's grandfather, Army Howard, had been Canada's top sprinter in the 1910s, but Jerome's athletic prowess would eventually grow to eclipse that of his predecessor. Jerome took up track at ...

Klaus Glahn was by far West Germany’s best judoka in the 1960s and 1970s. He won a 1964 bronze medal team in the open class at the first Olympic appearance of judo, competing for the mixed German, and ...

Gert Frank won an Olympic bronze medal in the team time trial at the 1976 Montréal Olympics, although he was actually better known in his native Denmark as a track racer. He turned pro after the ...

Harry Glancy was attending Mercersburg Academy when he swam on the relay team which took the gold medals at the Paris Olympics. Glancy, who later competed for the Penn AC, won two AAU freestyle titles ...

John Hanlon won the 220y and 440y at the 1929 AAA Championships, a feat which has not since been duplicated. He was also a finalist in the 220y (1930-31) and 440 (1928, 1930) and was a member of the ...

Takuya Kimura, a switch-hitting leftfielder and utility player, played for Japan in two games at the 2004 Olympics. Kimura had a long career in the Japan Central League, joining the Nippon Ham ...

István Tatár ran for Hungary in the 4x100 metre relay at the 1988 Seoul Olympics, with the team finishing eighth in the final. He competed at both the 1984 and 1988 Olympics, running the 100 metres ...

Jearl Miles-Clark was a 400 and 800 metre runner who competed at four Olympics between 1992 and 2004. She won gold medals in the 4x400 relay at the 1996 and 2000 Olympics, and a silver medal in that ...

George Newton was born in then British colony of British Guiana (now independent as Guyana) but after qualifying as an electrician he joined the mass migration from the Caribbean to Britain that ...

Herman Wecke grew up playing soccer (football) in and around St. Louis. He played for two teams during his career, although they had multiple names due to sponsorship changes. He started out with Paul ...

In 1906 and 1907 Henry Harmer won the Essex 100 y and 440 y title and was the 440 y champion for the third successive year in 1908. Although he did not compete in the 1908 AAA Championships, he was ...

Frank Frederick was known as the sparkplug of the 1928 Cal crew, mostly for his enthusiasm and optimistic attitude. He graduated from U Cal Berkeley in 1930. Frederick became a noted mining geologist ...