John Daly (athlete)

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John Daly
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John Daly

Men’s athletics
Olympic Games
Competitor for United Kingdom
Silver	1904 St Louis	2590 m steeplechase

John Daly (John Joseph Daly; February 22, 1880 – March 11, 1969) was an Irish athlete who won a silver medal in the 1904 Summer Olympics. When not competing for Ireland as a member of the Gaelic Athletic Association, Daly competed as a member of the Irish American Athletic Club.

Biography

He was born in Galway, Ireland and died in New York City.

Daly competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics held in St Louis, United States in the 2590 metre steeple chase where he won the silver medal. Although officially representing Great Britain, Daly saw himself as an individual representing Ireland. Later that year he won the Canadian mile and two-mile championships.

In 1906 Daly and two other athletes, Con Leahy and Peter O'Connor, were entered for the Intercalated Games in Athens by the IAAA and GAA, representing Ireland. They were given green blazers and caps with a gold shamrock, and an Irish flag (the Erin Go Bragh flag). However, the rules of the games were changed so that only athletes nominated by National Olympic Committees were eligible. Ireland did not have an Olympic Committee, and the British Olympic Council claimed the three as their own.

In what became the first political protest in modern Olympic history, O'Connor, who came second in the long jump, scaled the flagpole, and removed the Union flag, replacing it with a green flag. Daly stood guard at the bottom of the pole, while Irish and American fans kept security guards at bay.

In 1907 he enjoyed his greatest successes, winning the 5 mile and 10 mile U.S A.A.U. titles and the Canadian 3 mile title.^[1]^[2]

In 1909, running for the Irish American Athletic Club, he came in second place in the Yonkers Marathon, with a time of 2 hours 55 minutes and 44 and 4/5 seconds.^[3]

Notes

↑ "DALY WINS RUN AT CELTIC PARK; Irish-American Athlete Captures Three-Mile Event at Firemen's Games." New York Times, Aug 26, 1907
↑ "DALY EASY WINNER IN TEN MILE RUN; Irish-American A.C. Athlete Takes Championship by Quarter of a Mile. OUTCLASSES HIS FIELD Eighteen Competitors Take Part in A.A.U. Event at Polo Grounds." New York Times, Oct 13, 1907.
↑ "POLICE BREAK UP YONKERS MARATHON; Order Official Off Track and Referee Sullivan Stops the Contest. FOWLER WINS OVER DALY Cambridge (Mass.) Runner Leads by Half Mile at Finish -- Crowd Accuses Scorers of Unfairness." New York Times, Jan 2, 1909.

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v t e US National Championship winners in Men's 10000m

1876-1878 New York Athletic Club	1876-79: Not held

1879-1888 NAAAA	1880: James Gifford 1881: W.C. Davies 1882-83: Tom Delaney 1884: Geo. Stonebridge 1885: Peter Skillman 1886-87: Edward Carter 1888^{Note 1}: Thomas Conneff

1888-1979 Amateur Athletic Union	1888-91^{Note 1}: Thomas Conneff 1892-93: William Day 1894: Charles Bean 1899: Alex Grant 1900: Arthur Newton 1901: Frank Kanahy 1902: Alex Grant 1903: Not held 1904: John Joyce 1905: Frank Verner 1906: Wm. Nelson 1907: John Daly 1908: Fred Bellars 1909: Harry McLean 1910: William Kramer 1911: George Bonhag 1912-13: Hannes Kolehmainen 1914: Ville Kyrönen 1915: Hannes Kolehmainen 1916: Joie Ray 1917-19: Charles Pores 1920^OT: Not held 1921-23: Earle Johnson 1924: Ilmar Prim 1925: George Lermond 1926: Phillip Osif 1927: Willie Ritola 1928^OT: Joie Ray 1929-31: Lou Gregory 1932^OT: Tom Ottey 1933: Lou Gregory 1934: Eino Pentti 1935: Tom Ottey 1936: Don Lash 1937-38: Eino Pentti 1939: Lou Gregory 1940: Don Lash 1941: Lou Gregory 1942: Joe McCluskey 1943: Lou Gregory 1944: Norman Bright 1945: Ted Vogel 1946-48: Edward O'Toole 1949: Fred Wilt 1950: Horace Ashenfelter 1951-54: Curt Stone 1955: Dick Hart 1956: Max Truex 1957: Doug Kyle 1958: John Macy 1959: Max Truex 1960: Al Lawrence 1961: John Gutknecht 1962: Bruce Kidd 1963-64: Peter McArdle 1965: Billy Mills 1966: Tracy Smith 1967: Van Nelson 1968: Tracy Smith 1969-70: Jack Bacheler 1971: Frank Shorter 1972: Greg Fredericks 1973: Gordon Minty 1974-75: Frank Shorter 1976: Ed Leddy 1977: Frank Shorter 1978-79: Craig Virgin 1980: Rodolfo Gomez - Garry Bjorklund

1980-1992 The Athletics Congress	1981: Alberto Salazar 1982: Craig Virgin 1983: Alberto Salazar 1984: Jon Sinclair 1985: Bruce Bickford 1986-87: Gerard Donakowski 1988: Steve Taylor 1989: Pat Porter 1990: Steve Plasencia 1991: Shannon Butler 1992^OT: Todd Williams

1993-onwards USA Track & Field	1993: Todd Williams 1994: Tom Ansberry 1995-96: Todd Williams 1997: Michael Mykytok 1998: Dan Browne 1999: Alan Culpepper 2000^OT: Meb Keflezighi 2001: Abdi Abdirahman 2002: Mebrahtom Keflezighi 2003: Alan Culpepper 2004: Meb Keflezighi 2005: Abdi Abdirahman 2006: Jorge Torres 2007-08: Abdi Abdirahman 2009-12: Galen Rupp

Notes	Note 1: In 1888 both the NAAAA and the AAU held championships OT: The 1920, 1928, 1932, 1992, 1996 & 2000 championships incorporated the Olympic Trials, otherwise held as a discrete event. Distance: Until 1924 the event was 5 miles; from 1925-27 and from 1929-31 it was over 6 miles.

Persondata
Name	Daly, John
Alternative names	Daly, John Joseph
Short description	Irish long-distance runner
Date of birth	February 22, 1880
Place of birth
Date of death	March 11, 1969
Place of death

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