Harold Huff
Harry "Doc" J. Huff (June 3, 1880 – May 29, 1964) was an American track and field athlete, coach, and college athletics administrator. He competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London.[1] Huff served as the athletic director and head track and field coach at Grinnell College in Grinnell, Iowa from 1914 to 1926.[2] He was the head track and field coach at the University of Kansas from 1926 to 1929 and the University of Missouri from 1929 to 1935.[3][4]
Huff was born in Cedar Township, Van Buren County, Iowa to James K Polk Huff and Eleanor Virginia née: Sheldon Huff, and died in Kansas City, Missouri.
In the 100 metres, Huff won his first round heat with a time of 11.4 seconds, one of the slower winning times. He dropped his time to 11.1 seconds in his semifinal race to finish second behind eventual silver medallist [[James Rector (athlete)|James Rector],] who tied the Olympic record at 10.8 seconds. Huff also won his preliminary heat in the 200 metres with a time of 22.8 seconds. He came in last in his three-man semifinal race, running the distance in 23.0 seconds.
References
[edit]- ^ "Harry Huff". Olympedia. Retrieved March 5, 2021.
- ^ "'Doc' Huff Confirms Resignation As Athletic Director at Grinnell". The Des Moines Register. Des Moines, Iowa. February 11, 1926. p. 16. Retrieved July 20, 2023 – via Newspapers.com
.
- ^ "Huff To Be Head Track Coach at Missouri U." The Gazette. Cedar Rapids, Iowa. July 1, 1929. p. 12. Retrieved July 20, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ "Young's Yarns". The Pantagraph. Bloomington, Illinois. May 14, 1935. p. 10. Retrieved July 20, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
Sources
[edit]- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Harry Huff". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020.
- Cook, Theodore Andrea (1908). The Fourth Olympiad, Being the Official Report. London: British Olympic Association.
- De Wael, Herman (2001). "Athletics 1908". Herman's Full Olympians. Archived from the original on September 27, 2006. Retrieved July 20, 2006.
- Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Archived from the original on 16 February 2009. Retrieved July 20, 2006.
External links
[edit]
   | This biographical article about an American sprinter is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- 1881 births
- 1964 deaths
- American male sprinters
- Grinnell Pioneers athletic directors
- Grinnell Pioneers track and field coaches
- Grinnell Pioneers men's track and field athletes
- Kansas Jayhawks track and field coaches
- Missouri Tigers track and field coaches
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1908 Summer Olympics
- Olympic track and field athletes for the United States
- USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships winners
- People from Van Buren County, Iowa
- Track and field athletes from Iowa
- Sports coaches from Iowa
- American sprinter stubs