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1904–1906
  
Name
  
Archie Hahn

1907–1908
  
Pacific (OR)

Role
  
Character actor

1910
  
Monmouth (IL)

Spouse
  
Carol Larkin (m. 2014)

1911–1914
  
Whitman


Archie Hahn Archie Hahn 1880 1955 Find A Grave Memorial


Sport(s)
  
Football, basketball, track, boxing

Born
  
September 14, 1880Dodgeville, Wisconsin (
1880-09-14
)

Died
  
January 21, 1955(1955-01-21) (aged 74)Charlottesville, Virginia

Movies
  
Burying the Ex, Phantom of the Paradise, Meatballs Part II, Small Soldiers, Police Academy 5: Assign

Similar People
  
Sunny Johnson, Joe Dante, Betty Thomas, Alan Myerson, Paul Bartel

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Charles Archibald "Archie" Hahn (September 14, 1880 – January 21, 1955) was an American track athlete and one of the best sprinters in the early 20th century.

Having won sprint events at the 1903 American and Canadian championships, Hahn—born in Dodgeville, Wisconsin, but running for the University of Michigan—was among the favorites at the 1904 Olympic Games in St. Louis, which was poorly attended by European athletes.

In the first event at those Games, the 60 m, Hahn benefited from his quick start and won, making him a favorite for the remaining events he was entered in, the 100 m and 200 m. His run in the 200 m final delivered him the gold and a good time, although the latter was flattered, because the race was run on a straight course. In his third event, he again outclassed the field, thus winning all sprint events.

In 1906, the "Milwaukee Meteor" repeated his Olympic 100 m victory in Athens, a feat not equalled until 1988, when Carl Lewis won the 100 m twice in a row (after the disqualification of Ben Johnson).

After his running career, Hahn became a coach and wrote the classic book How to Sprint. He coached track and number of other sports at Pacific University in Forest Grove, Oregon, Monmouth College in Monmouth, Illinois, Whitman College, Brown University, Michigan, Princeton University, and the University of Virginia. At Virginia he led the Cavaliers to 12 state championships in 13 years. He died in 1955, in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Hahn was elected to the Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame in 1959. He was inducted into the University of Michigan Athletic Hall of Honor in 1984 and the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame in 1991.

References

Archie Hahn Wikipedia


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