Daniel Kelly (athlete)
Daniel Kelly (Daniel Joseph "Dan" Kelly; September 1, 1883 – April 9, 1920) was an American long jumper and sprinter.
He attended the University of Portland's Columbia Prep high school, where 1905, he broke the existing world record for Long Jump with a jump of 22 feet, 1-1/4 inches. He later attended the University of Oregon, where in 1906, he equaled the world records in the 100 meter and 200 meter dashes in the same day.[1] In 1908, Kelly briefly joined the Irish American Athletic Club,[2] and competed for the United States in the 1908 Summer Olympics held in London, Great Britain in the long jump where he won the silver medal. He is a member of the University of Oregon Athletic Hall of Fame and the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame.[3]
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| 1876-1878 New York Athletic Club |
- 1876: Isaiah Frazier
- 1877: William Livingston
- 1878: William Willmer
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| 1879-1888 NAAAA |
- 1879: Frank Kilpatrick
- 1880-81: John Voorhees
- 1882: John Jenkins
- 1883-86: Malcolm Ford
- 1887: Alexander Jordan
- 1888Note 1: Victor Schifferstein
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| 1993-onwards USA Track & Field | |
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- 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.
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