"Samuel Perry Samuel Frederick Perry (29 June 1877 – 19 October 1954), was a Labour Co-operative politician in the United Kingdom. He was the father of the British tennis and table tennis champion Fred Perry. Born in Stockport, Cheshire, Sam Perry began his education with a scholarship at the Stockport Grammar School but was forced to give up school at the age of ten when his father died, becoming a cotton spinner like his father. He became involved in the local co-operative movement with the Stockport Co-operative Society then Birkenhead and on the creation of the Co-operative Party in 1917"
"exception of the above-mentioned rules, all rules that apply to the four individual sports also apply for racketlon. In 1929, Fred Perry won the table tennis world championships. Five years later he won three consecutive Wimbledon titles, and also became the first player ever to win all four grand slams. Little did he know that he was a racketlon pioneer. The first known multi-racket sports probably originated somewhat simultaneously and independently in different European countries, although suggestions have been made that the more organised form of racketlon had Finland and Sweden as pioneering countries. In the mid 1980s in Finland,"
"Austria and Hungary after Fred Perry twisted his ankle. Bull again defeated Mechlovits but lost to Bellak. Bull won a silver in 1931, and another bronze in 1929 with the England team. With Perry, Bull won a silver in men's doubles in 1928. Perry would go on to win three Wimbledon tennis singles titles in the 1930s. Bull also won bronzes in 1928 and 1932 for mixed doubles and men's doubles respectively. The Prague tournament of 1932 was the last time he represented England in table tennis. As professional cricketer, Bull paid his own expenses to take part in the"
"in 1929-1990. This event was held at World Championships in 1929-1990. This event was held at World Championships in 1930-1990. This event was held at World Championships in 1930-1990. This event was held at World Championships in 1966-1974. This event was held at World Championships in 1966-1974. This event was held at World Championships in 1929-1962. This event was held at World Championships in 1929-1962. This event was held at World Championships in 1929-1962. This event was held at World Championships in 1929-1962. This event was held at World Championships in 1949. This event was held at World Championships in"
"1931 IFA Individual Épée Champion (USMA) <br> 1932 Outdoor U.S. National Épée Champion<br> 1932 U.S. National Épée Team Champion (NYFC)<br> 1933 U.S. National Épée Team Champion (NYFC)<br> 1933 U.S. National Épée Champion<br> 1934 U.S. National Épée Team Champion (NYFC)<br> 1934 U.S. National Épée Champion<br> 1935 U.S. National Épée Team Champion (NYFC)<br> 1936 U.S. National Épée Team Champion (NYFC)<br> 1936 U.S. National Épée Champion<br> 1939 U.S. National Épée Team Champion (NYFC)<br> 1940 Outdoor U.S. National Épée Champion<br> 1941 U.S. National Épée Team Champion (NYFC)<br> 1941 U.S. National Épée Champion 1932 U.S. Olympic Team, Men's Épée - Bronze medal<br> 1936 U.S. Olympic"
"of the Amateur French Championships of Roland-Garros in 1932. During his 30-year career he won 150 tournaments including the Italian national championships in singles, doubles and mixed doubles. British Fred Perry and De Stefani met several times in their careers. Their first meeting was in the 1931 French Championships fourth round, where Stefani overcame Perry in four sets. In their 1932 Pacific Southwest Tournament semifinals rematch Perry equalized their tally and went on to face Jiro Satoh for the title. In their third encounter in the 1933 International Lawn Tennis Challenge where Great Britain defeated Italy with Stefani winning the"
"of logging camps. His first career was as an athlete. At the University of Washington, where he majored in economics, he played football (tackle) in the 1926 Rose Bowl and was a track-and-field star. Two years later, he won the Silver medal for the shot put in the 1928 Olympic Games. He also won four consecutive AAU shot put titles (1928–31), the NCAA title in 1927, and the AAU indoor titles in 1930 and 1932. In 1930 he set a world indoor record at . In 1932 he set his personal best at , but did worse at the Olympic"
"Fred Sturdy Frederic Harry ""Fred"" Sturdy (January 25, 1908 – August 4, 1972) was an American pole vaulter. One of the first vaulters to clear 14 feet, Sturdy was U.S. outdoor champion in 1929 and 1930 and indoor champion from 1929 to 1932. Originally from Los Angeles, Sturdy studied at Yale University, which had a long pole vault tradition. He was coached by Yale's assistant track coach Al McGall and former champion vaulter A.C. Gilbert; Sabin Carr, the 1928 Olympic champion and the first man to vault 14 ft (4.26 m), was a year ahead of Sturdy and also helped"
"eliminated. 1936 U.S. National Championships – Men's Singles Fred Perry defeated Don Budge 2–6, 6–2, 8–6, 1–6, 10–8 in the final to win the Men's Singles tennis title at the 1936 U.S. National Championships. It would be Perry's final Grand Slam tournament victory, as well as his final appearance before turning professional. Perry's victory would be the last for a British man in a Grand Slam singles event until Andy Murray won the successor to this tournament, the US Open, in 2012. The seeded players are listed below. Fred Perry is the champion; others show the round in which they"
"Fred Kelly (1912 gold medalist in the 110m hurdles), Charley Paddock (1920 gold medalist in the 100m and 4 × 100 relay), Bud Houser (1924 gold medalist in the shot put and discus; 1928 gold medalist in the discus), Jess Mortensen (1929 NCAA javelin champion, 1931 world record in the decathlon), Frank Wykoff (1928, 1932 and 1936 gold medalist in the 4 × 100 relay), Ken Carpenter (1936 gold medalist in the discus), Earle Meadows (1936 gold medalist in the pole vault), Louis Zamperini (collegiate record-holder in the mile from 1938–53), Wilbur Thompson (1948 gold medalist in the shot put),"
"43.6, Farrell won the bronze medal. At the 1932 Winter Olympics of Lake Placid, the speed skating events were skated in ""packstyle"" format (having all competitors skate at the same time) for the only time in Olympic history. Farrell qualified for the final in his heat, but finished in sixth (and last) place in the final. Two weeks later, he finished fourteenth at the 1932 World Allround Championships, also in Lake Placid. At the 1936 Winter Olympics of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Farrell was the head coach of the American speed skating team. Farrell was a National Outdoor Champion. In 1971 he was"
"late 1920s and early 1930s as one of the world's top fencers. Between 1925 and 1931, at the saber world championships he was three times a silver medalist and three times a bronze medalist. In Amsterdam in 1928 at the age of 23 he was part of the gold medal-winning Hungarian team in sabre, winning all 20 of his competition matches. In the individual sabre competition, Petschauer won the silver medal. In the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, Petschauer was again part of the champion Hungarian sabre team. The Hungarians won the gold medal in team sabre, and Petschauer"
"Feg Murray Frederic Seymour Murray (May 15, 1894 – July 16, 1973), known as Fred Murray or Feg Murray, was an American athlete who competed mainly in the 110 meter hurdles. He was furthermore a well-known artist, writer, and cartoonist. He was perhaps best known for his ""Seein' Stars"" newspaper column. This was a cartoon series about Hollywood stars. Murray was also the host of the radio show ""The Baker's Broadcast"" in its final year in 1938. He competed for the United States in the 1920 Summer Olympics held in Antwerp, Belgium in the 110 meter hurdles where he won"
"the most successful British swimming club, through the last three Olympic Games. Stockport Metro swimmers have claimed 50% of British swimming's medal haul. At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Graeme Smith won bronze in the 1500m freestyle, and, at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Steve Parry won bronze in the 200m butterfly. Most recently, at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Keri-Anne Payne and Cassie Patten won silver and bronze, respectively, in the 10 km open water swim. Stockport is the birthplace of former World No.1 tennis player, Fred Perry winner of 8 Grand Slam singles titles, 2"
"years. Johnny Gibson, a 1928 graduate of Fordham, broke the Hurdles World Record while at the school and made the 1928 Olympic team in the same event. Gibson is known as a great contributor to the world of track and field as a founding member of the New Jersey Track and Field Officials Association and head coach of men's track and field at Seton Hall University from 1945 to 1972. Sam Perry set the World Record for the 60-yard dash indoors at the Milrose Games in 1965. Tom Courtney won Olympic Gold in the 800 m run at the 1956"
"ft 11 in (4.24 m), was his best since the 14-foot jump in February 1929. At the 1932 Olympic Trials in Palo Alto Sturdy cleared 13 ft 10 in (4.22 m), which was his outdoor lifetime best; however, it only placed him in a four-way tie for third. After a jump-off, third place (and the final Olympic qualifying spot) went to UCLA's George Jefferson, and Sturdy was again left out of the team. Fred Sturdy Frederic Harry ""Fred"" Sturdy (January 25, 1908 – August 4, 1972) was an American pole vaulter. One of the first vaulters to clear 14 feet,"
"1936 U.S. National Championships – Men's Singles Fred Perry defeated Don Budge 2–6, 6–2, 8–6, 1–6, 10–8 in the final to win the Men's Singles tennis title at the 1936 U.S. National Championships. It would be Perry's final Grand Slam tournament victory, as well as his final appearance before turning professional. Perry's victory would be the last for a British man in a Grand Slam singles event until Andy Murray won the successor to this tournament, the US Open, in 2012. The seeded players are listed below. Fred Perry is the champion; others show the round in which they were"
"Béla von Kehrling Béla von Kehrling ( ; 25 January 1891 – 26 April 1937) was a Hungarian tennis, table tennis, and football player but eventually a winter sportsman familiar with ice-hockey and occasionally competing in bobsleigh. He competed at the 1912 Summer Olympics and the 1924 Summer Olympics. Just like Fred Perry, he played both tennis and table tennis professionally. In 1926 he played in the first table tennis World Championships final in London with Zoltán Mechlovits in doubles but lost to Roland Jacobi (who won the singles title) and Dániel Pécsi. He was also featured in the Hungarian"
"the AAA championships in 1922–23 and 1925–27; he finished second three times, last time to Lord Burghley, in 1930. During World War I, Gaby served as an airman. After retiring from competitions in 1930 he became a shoe repairer. Fred Gaby Frederick Richard ""Fred"" Gaby (12 March 1895 – 7 April 1984) was an English hurdler who competed in the 110 metre event at the 1924 and 1928 Summer Olympics. In 1924 he was eliminated in the semi-finals, while in 1928 he finished sixth. Gaby won the bronze medal in the 120 yards hurdles at the 1930 Empire Games, aged"
"Sam Perry (athlete) Sam Perry was an American track and field athlete who held the world record for the 60 y sprint and who was twice United States champion at that event. Perry ran for the Fordham University track team. In 1965, Perry, equalled the world record of 5.9 s for 60 yards of Bob Hayes whilst running for his college track team at the Millrose Games. In 1963 and 1965, Perry became national indoor champion at 60 y. In 1977, Perry was inducted into the hall of fame of the Fordham University Rams. In 1995, Perry's old high school,"
"field and managed to throw beyond 117 feet (35 meters). At college he was a Rhodes Scholar candidate, runner-up at the NCAA Men's Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships in 1958 and 1959 (to John Fromm then Bill Alley), and a Sullivan Award nominee. Following his retirement from the sport he worked in the insurance industry. Buster Quist Herbert Larry ""Buster"" Quist (born April 1, 1936) is an American former track and field athlete who specialized in the javelin throw. His greatest achievement was a gold medal for the United States at the 1959 Pan American Games held in"
"Bobby Pearce (rower) Henry Robert ""Bobby"" Pearce (30 September 1905 – 20 May 1976) was an Australian three-time world champion sculler of the 1920s and 1930s. He won consecutive Olympic gold medals in the single sculls at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam and the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. He won the World Sculling Championship in 1933, and twice successfully defended that title in 1934 and 1938. He was a three-time Australian national champion and won the Diamond Sculls at the 1931 Henley Royal Regatta. Pearce was born in Sydney, Australia, into a family with an extraordinary sporting"
"in the ski jumping at the 1928 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz. Four years later, at the 1932 Winter Olympics held in Lake Placid, New York, Czech was 7th in the Nordic combined, 12th in ski jumping and 18th in the 18 km cross-country event. At his final Olympics of 1936 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen he finished 16. in the Nordic combined, 20th in Alpine skiing, 33rd in both ski jumping and the 18 km cross-country event, and 7th in the 4 x 10 km cross-country relay. During the Second World War he was a soldier of Polish Underground (Home Army) and"
"any other country."" The American team of Carr, Barnes, Bill Droegemueller and Charles McGinnis swept the medals at the Olympics. With Carr graduating before the 1929 season, Sturdy became Yale's new top vaulter. At the New York Athletic Club games in Madison Square Garden on February 18, 1929, he vaulted 14 feet (4.26 m), becoming only the second man (after Carr) to clear that height indoors; he took three attempts at 14 ft in (4.30 m), which would have been a new world record, but failed. Later that winter, Sturdy won ahead of decathlete Barney Berlinger at both the IC4A"
"and in the 400 metre freestyle event he was eliminated in the first round. His last Olympic appearance was in 1948 when he competed with the British team in the 4×200 metre freestyle relay competition which did not advance to the final. At the 1934 Empire Games he was a member of the English team which won the silver medal in the 4×200 yards freestyle contest. He also won a silver medal in the 440 yards event and a bronze medal in the 1500 yards competition. Four years later at the Empire Games in Sydney he was part of the"
"not. Hansen continued the American streak, which would survive through one more Olympics until the 1972 pole vault controversy, when defending champion Bob Seagren had his pole confiscated at the games and had to compete on an unfamiliar, borrowed pole. Besides pole vault Hansen competed in the long jump. He was also an avid golfer and played at the 1980 U.S. Amateur golf championship. He currently is a practicing dentist in Houston, Texas, in the Memorial area of town. He was Inducted into the Texas Track and Field Coaches Hall of Fame, Class of 2016. Fred Hansen Frederick Morgan ""Fred"""
"World Championships. Originally, the IOC did not recognize the medal exchange and kept Haug listed as its 1924 bronze medalist for years before recognizing Haugen as the legitimate medal-winner. 1925 - First World Nordic Championships held in Johannisbad, Czechoslovakia 1931 - First World Alpine Championships held in Murren, Switzerland Skiing was still primarily a European sport in the Twenties. Although the United States participated in the Winter Olympics of 1924, '28 and '32 - where there were only Nordic events, there was no US Ski Team. Athletes were selected for the various championships. 1932 - Feb. 4-15 - Olympic Winter"
"world record holder in the decathlon, while Matti was even more successful in the javelin, winning the Olympic gold in 1932 and breaking the world record no less than ten times. All of the sons were originally coached by their father. Verner Järvinen Venne ""Verner"" Järvinen (born 3 April 1870, Ruovesi, Grand Duchy of Finland, Russian Empire; died 31 January 1941, Tampere, Finland) was a Finnish track and field athlete, who competed mostly in throwing events. He won the gold medal in the Greek-style discus in the 1906 Intercalated Games, and the bronze in the 1908 Summer Olympics, becoming the"
"1996, Berlinger was inducted as a member of the inaugural class in the Penn Athletics Hall of Fame. His son, Barney Berlinger Jr. was also inducted in the same class. Barney Berlinger Bernard Ernst ""Barney"" Berlinger (March 13, 1908 – December 2, 2002) was an American decathlete. He competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics and won the James E. Sullivan Award in 1931. Barney Berlinger was a multi-sport athlete in high school, attending William Penn Charter School and later Mercersburg Academy, where he was coached by the Scots American trainer Jimmy Curran. In addition to competing in many track and"
"in the pommel horse were his best results in the individual appartus. At the next event, in 1928 he took bronze in the team event and individual floor event. At the World Championships, he won many medals. At his first World Championships, in 1922 in Yugoslavia, he was part of the Yugoslav team which took silver in the team event, behind Czechoslovakia. He also took bronze in the individual overall event, and silver in the horizontal bar. He also took part in the next World Championships, in Lyon, France in 1926. There, Yugoslavia again won silver in the team event."
"won easily in 24.22. How many of the younger generation could demonstrate such judgment of pace over a distance? In all he won nine titles over a 19-year span at tremendously varying distances. His victories at the Welsh national championship took place over an ever-greater timespan. A 100 yards title at the age of 15 in 1901 and a 440 yards victory at the age of 43 in 1929 book-ending his career. His Olympic career began as a swimmer at the 1906 Intercalated Games where he finished 4th in 100 metres freestyle and 5th in the 400 metres event. In"
"been named after him, Fred Kelly Stadium, which is located next to El Modena High School. Fred Kelly (athlete) Frederick Warren ""Fred"" Kelly (September 12, 1891 – May 7, 1974) was an American athlete, winner of 110 m hurdles at the 1912 Summer Olympics. Born in Beaumont, California, Fred Kelly attended Orange High School and was a freshman at University of Southern California, when he was selected to US 1912 Olympic team. At Stockholm, Kelly won his preliminary heats easily and qualified to the final with four more Americans and one representative from Great Britain. From the start, the five"
"World Allround Speed Skating Championships for Men (Women's would not take place officially until 1936.). The bob track would host the International Bobsleigh World Championships in 1949. In 1950, the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, the ski jumping and the ski jumping part of the Nordic combined event took place at the ski jump used for the 1932 games. Venues of the 1932 Winter Olympics For the 1932 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York, United States, a total of five sports venues were used. This was unchanged from the previous games in St. Moritz. For the first time in"