George Horine
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Full name | George Leslie Horine | |||||||||||
Born | February 3, 1890 (1890-02-03) Escondido, California, U.S. | |||||||||||
Died | November 28, 1948 (1948-11-29) (aged 58) Merced, California, U.S. | |||||||||||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||
Weight | 73 kg (161 lb) | |||||||||||
Sport | ||||||||||||
Sport | High jump | |||||||||||
Club | Olympic Club, San Francisco Stanford Cardinal, Stanford | |||||||||||
Medal record
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George Leslie Horine (February 3, 1890 – November 28, 1948) was an American athlete who mainly competed in the high jump.[1] He is credited with developing a technique called a forerunner to the western roll, a technique he developed due to the layout of his backyard where he practiced which was considered "backward" at the time. While on the track team at Stanford University, his technique was corrected to the more conventional jumping style of the time. He equalled the NCAA record in the event at 6' 4" as a sophomore. His junior year, 1912, he reverted to his old style, improving to 6' 4 3/4" and then a world record 6' 6 1/8". A few weeks later at the Olympic Trials, he improved again to jump 6' 7" making him the first man to break the 2 metres (6 ft 6.7 in) barrier. It was the first high jump world record ratified by the IAAF. He never improved upon his record, which stood for two years.[2]
Biography
Horine was born in Escondido, California on February 3, 1890.[3]
He competed for the United States at the 1912 Summer Olympics held in Stockholm, Sweden where he won the bronze medal in men's high jump event. He also competed for the USA in an exhibition baseball tournament in Stockholm.[4]
He died at his home in Merced, California on November 28, 1948.[3]
See also
- History of high jump
- Men's high jump world record progression
References
- ^ "George Horine". Olympedia. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
- ^ Gary Migdol (1997). Stanford: Home of Champions. Sagamore Publishing. p. 45. ISBN 1571671161.
- ^ a b "G. L. Horine Dies of Heart Stroke". Atwater Signal. December 3, 1948. p. 1. Retrieved December 28, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "George Horine". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020.
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Preceded by Michael Sweeney | Men's High Jump World Record Holder May 18, 1912 – May 2, 1914 | Succeeded by Edward Beeson |
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New York Athletic Club
- 1876-8: Edwards Ficken
NAAAA
- 1879: William Wunder
- 1880: Alfred Carroll
- 1881: C.W. Durand
- 1882: Alfred Carroll
- 1883: Malcolm Ford
- 1884: J.T. Rinehart
- 1885–87: William Page
- 1888Note 1: Tim O'Connor
Amateur Athletic Union
- 1888Note 1: Daniel Webster
- 1889: R.K. Pritchard
- 1890–91: Alvah Nickerson
- 1892–95: Mike Sweeney
- 1896: Charles Powell
- 1897–1900: Irving Baxter
- 1901: Sam Jones
- 1902: Irving Baxter
- 1903-4: Sam Jones
- 1905: Herbert Kerrigan
- 1906: Neil Patterson
- 1907: Con Leahy
- 1908: Harry Porter
- 1909: Egon Erickson
- 1910: Walter Thomason
- 1911: Harry Grumpelt/Harry Porter
- 1912: John Johnstone
- 1913: Alma Richards
- 1914: Jo Loomis
- 1915: George Horine
- 1916: Wes Oler
- 1917: Clint Larsen
- 1918: Carl Rice
- 1919–20OT: John Murphy
- 1921–22: Dewey Alberts
- 1923: LeRoy Brown
- 1924: Robert Juday
- 1925–26: Harold Osborn
- 1927: Robert King
- 1928OT: Robert King/Charles McGinnis
- 1929: Henry Lassalette
- 1930–31: Anton Burg
- 1932OT: Cornelius Johnson/George Spitz/Robert van Osdel
- 1933: Cornelius Johnson
- 1934: Cornelius Johnson/Walter Marty
- 1935: Cornelius Johnson
- 1936: Cornelius Johnson/Dave Albritton
- 1937: Dave Albritton
- 1938: Mel Walker/Dave Albritton
- 1939–40: Les Steers
- 1941: Bill Stewart
- 1942: Adam Berry
- 1943: Pete Watkins
- 1944: Fred Sheffield/Willard Smith
- 1945: Dave Albritton/Lester Howe/Richard Schnacke/Joshua Williamson
- 1946–47: Dave Albritton
- 1948: Tom Schofield
- 1949: Dick Phillips
- 1950: Dave Albritton/Jack Heitzman/Jack Razzeto/Virgil Severns
- 1951: Lewis Hall
- 1952–53: Walt Davis
- 1954: Ernie Shelton
- 1955: Charles Dumas/Ernie Shelton
- 1956–59: Charles Dumas
- 1960: John Thomas
- 1961: Bob Avant
- 1962: John Thomas
- 1963: Gene Johnson
- 1964: Ed Caruthers
- 1965–67: Otis Burrell
- 1968: Ed Hanks
- 1969: Otis Burrell
- 1970–71: Reynaldo Brown
- 1972: Barry Schur
- 1973–74: Dwight Stones
- 1975: Tom Woods
- 1976–78: Dwight Stones
- 1979: Franklin Jacobs
The Athletics Congress
- 1980: Franklin Jacobs
- 1981: Tyke Peacock
- 1982: Milt Ottey
- 1983: Dwight Stones
- 1984: Jim Howard
- 1985: Brian Stanton
- 1986: Doug Nordquist
- 1987: Jerome Carter
- 1988: Doug Nordquist
- 1989: Brian Brown
- 1990–92OT: Hollis Conway
USA Track & Field
- 1993–94: Hollis Conway
- 1995–20002OT: Charles Austin
- 2001–02: Nathan Leeper
- 2003–04OT: Jamie Nieto
- 2005: Matt Hemingway
- 2006: Tora Harris
- 2007: Jim Dilling
- 2008OT: Jesse Williams
- 2009: Tora Harris
- 2010–11: Jesse Williams
- 2012OT: Jamie Nieto
- 2013–16: Erik Kynard
- 2017:Bryan McBride
- 2018–19: Jeron Robinson
- 20212020 OT: JuVaughn Harrison
- 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.
- 2020 OT: The 2020 Olympic Trials were delayed and held in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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