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Edward Cook (athlete)

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Height
  
1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)

Weight
  
66 kg (146 lb)


Sport
  
Athletics

Name
  
Edward Cook

Edward Cook (athlete)

Born
  
November 27, 1889
Chillicothe, Ohio, United States

Died
  
October 18, 1972 (aged 82)Chillicothe, Ohio, United States

Event(s)
  
Club
  
Cleveland Athletic Club

Edward Tiffin Cook, Sr. (November 27, 1888 – October 18, 1972) was an American athlete who shared the gold medal in the pole vault (with Alfred Gilbert) at the 1908 Summer Olympics.

Cook was an all-around athlete and won the IC4A long jump title in 1908 and 1909, and the AAU pole vault title in 1907 and 1911. He graduated from Cornell University in 1910 and later became a farmer and director of the First National Bank in his native Chillicothe, Ohio. He was elected to the Sphinx Head Society during his senior year.

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