Brutus Hamilton

Brutus Hamilton
Brutus Hamilton, 1920
Full name	Brutus Kerr Hamilton
nation	United States
birthday	July 19, 1900
place of birth	Peculiar
size	183 cm
Weight	80 kg
date of death	December 28, 1970
Place of death	Berkeley
Career
discipline	Decathlon , pentathlon , javelin throw
Best performance	54.73 m (javelin throw)
society	Kansas City Athletic Club
Medal table
Olympic games 0 × 1 × 0 ×
Olympic games silver Antwerp 1920 Decathlon

Brutus Kerr Hamilton (born July 19, 1900 in Peculiar , Missouri , † December 28, 1970 in Berkeley , California ) was an American athlete who specialized in the decathlon . The 1.83 m tall and 80 kg athlete started for the Kansas City Athletic Club .

Hamilton won the US decathlon championship in 1920. The following year he was third in the javelin throw (52.56 m). His personal best is 54.73 m, achieved on April 15, 1922 in Berkeley.

He also took part in two Olympic Games: 1920 in Antwerp and 1924 in Paris .

• In Antwerp he started in the decathlon and pentathlon.
  • In the decathlon he won the silver medal with 5739 points behind the Norwegian Helge Løvland (gold with 5803 points) and ahead of the Swede Bertil Ohlson (bronze with 5640 points). His performances: 100 m 11.4 s, long jump 6.32 m, shot put 11.61 m, high jump 1.60 m, 400 m 55.0 s, 110 m hurdles 17.3 s, discus throw 36.14 m, pole vault 3.30 m, javelin throw 48.08 m and 1500 m 4: 57.8 min.
  • In the pentathlon he came in sixth. His achievements: long jump 6.86 m, discus throw 48.36 m, 200 m 23.4 s, javelin 37.13 m and 1500 m 5: 12.8 min.
• In Paris he only started in the pentathlon, which he had to finish after four exercises. Only the best six of the overall standings were qualified for the final 1500 m run, which he did not belong to after a moderate 24.4 s over 200 m.

After finishing his sporting career, he first worked as a teacher for sports, English and history at Westminster College in Fullton . He then became a coach, from 1930 to 1932 at the University of Kansas , where Glenn Cunningham and Jim Bausch were among his protégés, and from 1932 to 1965 at the University of California at Berkeley . During this time he was national coach and supervisor for US Olympic teams on several occasions.

Web links

• Brutus Hamilton in the database of Olympedia.org (English)