Archie Hahn




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Archie Hahn

Archie Hahn.jpg
Hahn in 1904

Sport(s)
Football, basketball, track, boxing
Biographical details
Born
(1880-09-14)September 14, 1880
Dodgeville, Wisconsin
Died January 21, 1955(1955-01-21) (aged 74)
Charlottesville, Virginia
Playing career
Track
1904–1906 Michigan

Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1907–1908 Pacific (OR)
1910 Monmouth (IL)
1911–1914 Whitman
1915–1919
Brown (backfield)
1920–1922
Michigan (trainer)
Basketball
1910–1911 Monmouth (IL)
Track
1915–1920 Brown
1920–1923
Michigan (assistant)
1928 Princeton
1929–1950 Virginia

Head coaching record
Overall 2–11 (basketball)

Medal record





























Men's athletics
Representing the  United States

Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1904 St. Louis
60 metres
Gold medal – first place 1904 St. Louis
100 metres
Gold medal – first place 1904 St. Louis
200 metres

Intercalated Games
Gold medal – first place 1906 Athens
100 metres



Charles Archibald 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,[1] but running for the University of Michigan[1]—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.




Hahn in 1904


In 1906, the "Milwaukee Meteor" repeated his Olympic 100 m victory in Athens,[1] a feat not equaled until 1988, when Carl Lewis won the 100 m twice in a row (after the disqualification of Ben Johnson). In 1910 he outran a racehorse in a 50-yard dash at the Wisconsin State Fair.[1]


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,[1]Whitman College, Brown University, Michigan, Princeton University, and the University of Virginia.[2] 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





  1. ^ abcde "Archie Hahn, Ex-Olympic Star, Dies". The La Crosse Tribune. January 23, 1955. p. 24. Retrieved June 14, 2018 – via Newspapers.com..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
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  2. ^ Galliford, Walt (April 5, 1943). "Archie Hahn—Little Man With Big Stride". The Cavalier Daily. Retrieved February 24, 2014.




External links



  • Virginia Sports Hall of Fame profile

  • USATF profile

  • dataOlympics profile












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