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Ben Adams (track and field)

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Height
  
1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)

Name
  
Ben Adams

Club
  
NYAC, New York

Sport
  
Athletics

Weight
  
78 kg (172 lb)


Ben Adams (track and field)

Born
  
March 31, 1890
Newark, New Jersey, United States

Died
  
March 14, 1961 (aged 70)Neptune City, New Jersey, United States

Event(s)
  
Standing long/high jump

Benjamin "Ben" Willard Adams (March 31, 1890 – March 14, 1961) was an American athlete who competed mainly in the standing jumps. At the 1912 Summer Olympics he won a silver medal in the standing high jump and a bronze in the standing long jump, while his elder brother Platt Adams won a gold and a silver, respectively. Ben also competed in the exhibition baseball tournament for Sweden.

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