Bernard Wefers
Bernard Joseph Wefers, Sr. (February 19, 1873 – April 18, 1957) was an American athlete.
He was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts and attended Boston College before transferring to study medicine at Georgetown University.[1] During the 1890s he won numerous sprint records and was dubbed the "World's Fastest human".[2] In 1896 he set a world record in the 220 yards (200 metres) dash with a time of 21.2 seconds. This record stood until 1921, although it was tied by five other athletes. After retiring, Wefers coached track and field at NYAC for 45 years.[3]
References
- ^ Garraty, John Arthur; Carnes, Mark Christopher (1999), Garraty, John Arthur; Carnes, Mark Christopher, eds., American National Biography: Tunnicliff-Welk, 22, Oxford University Press, p. 893, ISBN 019512801X
- ^ "People", St. Petersburg Times, April 19, 1957, http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=hyRSAAAAIBAJ&pg=5363,1456208
- ^ Sears, Edward Seldon (2001). Running through the ages. McFarland. p. 96. ISBN 0786409711. http://books.google.com/books?id=vxxOw3FvOgwC&pg=PA96.
External links
- "Bernard Wefers, track star", QueenCityMA, http://queencityma.wordpress.com/2010/11/30/1443/, retrieved 2011-08-17
- "American amateur athletes in 1896", Outing: sport, adventure, travel, fiction, 29, W. B. Holland, 1897, http://books.google.com/books?id=SBagAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA163
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