American athlete
Harry "Doc" J. Huff (June 3, 1880 – May 29, 1964) was an American track and field athlete, coach, and college athletics administrator. He competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London .[ 1] athletic director and head track and field coach at Grinnell College in Grinnell, Iowa from 1914 to 1926.[ 2] University of Kansas from 1926 to 1929 and the University of Missouri from 1929 to 1935.[ 3] [ 4]
Huff was born in Cedar Township, Van Buren County, Iowa to James K Polk Huff and Eleanor Virginia née: Sheldon Huff, and died in Kansas City, Missouri .
In the 100 metres , Huff won his first round heat with a time of 11.4 seconds, one of the slower winning times. He dropped his time to 11.1 seconds in his semifinal race to finish second behind eventual silver medallist James Rector , who tied the Olympic record at 10.8 seconds. Huff also won his preliminary heat in the 200 metres with a time of 22.8 seconds. He came in last in his three-man semifinal race, running the distance in 23.0 seconds.
References
^ "Harry Huff" . Olympedia . Retrieved March 5, 2021 .^ " . The Des Moines Register Des Moines, Iowa . February 11, 1926. p. 16. Retrieved July 20, 2023 – via Newspapers.com ^ "Huff To Be Head Track Coach at Missouri U." The Gazette Cedar Rapids, Iowa . July 1, 1929. p. 12. Retrieved July 20, 2023 – via Newspapers.com ^ "Young's Yarns" . The Pantagraph Bloomington, Illinois . May 14, 1935. p. 10. Retrieved July 20, 2023 – via Newspapers.com
Sources
Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill ; et al. "Harry Huff" . Olympics at Sports-Reference.com . Sports Reference LLC . Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Cook, Theodore Andrea (1908). The Fourth Olympiad, Being the Official Report . London: British Olympic Association. De Wael, Herman (2001). "Athletics 1908" . Herman's Full Olympians . Archived from the original on September 27, 2006. Retrieved July 20, 2006 . Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Archived from the original on 16 February 2009. Retrieved July 20, 2006 .
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 championshipsOT : 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 1929-31ro : In 1886 the event was won after a run-off* : Penalized one yard for false startG1 : Race was won by Don Quarrie (Jamaica) competing as a guest
1876–1878New York Athletic Club 1879–1888NAAAA 1888–1979Amateur Athletic Union 1980–1992The Athletics Congress 1993–onwardsUSA 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 . *USA: Leading American athlete
