Harry L. Gill

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Harry L. Gill (born January 9, 1876 in Canada , † August 31, 1956 in Urbana , Illinois ) was an American athlete, trainer and entrepreneur.

Life

Gill first appeared in American sport when he was a Canadian in New York City in 1900, winning the American all-round championships of the Amateur Athletic Union and setting a world record in the discus throw. He stayed in the United States, studied sports for a year at Harvard and was then in 1901 the track and field coach at the University of Iowa , before he was 1902-1903 successful coach of Beloit College (WI). Since he did not have a university degree, which would have been necessary due to the integration of sport in the university, he was fired. The competitive sport of the University of Illinois at Urbana was organized by the students themselves and they have signed it up immediately and have not regretted it. Under his leadership, the college won 21 Big Ten Conference championships and 2 American college championships. In 1921 he was instrumental in founding the NCAA . At the 1924 Summer Olympics , the athletes he trained achieved more medals than the second best nation. The later president of the IOC Avery Brundage , himself an American all-round champion, trained with him. In 1920 he founded the sports equipment company Gill Athletics parallel to his coaching activities . He developed various sports equipment himself, including a. Pole vault facilities , hurdles , starting blocks . In 1933 he gave up his coaching activity and concentrated entirely on his company, which still supplies American athletics today. In 1954 he also withdrew from this and died in 1956. In 2015 he was inducted into the National Track and Field Hall of Fame and the United States Track & Field and Cross-Country Coaches .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1934/05/23/page/23/article/harry-gill-retires-as-illini-track-coach-after-30-years on . 20th October 2016
  2. ^ Arnd Krüger : American sport between isolationism and internationalism. Competitive sport. 18: 1, pp. 43-47 (1988) ; 2, pp. 47-50 . 20th October 2016
  3. ↑ https://www.gillathletics.com/
  4. ↑ http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1956/09/02/page/15/article/harry-gill-80-ex-coach-for-illinois-dies , auf. 20th October 2016
  5. ↑ http://www.usatf.org/Athlete-Bios/Hall-of-Fame/2015-Hall-of-Fame-Bios/Harry-Gill.aspx on . 20th October 2016
  6. ↑ http://fightingillini.com/news/2015/9/15/MTRACK_0915155042.aspx on . 20th October 2016
personal data
SURNAME Gill, Harry L.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American athlete, coach and entrepreneur
DATE OF BIRTH January 9, 1876
PLACE OF BIRTH Canada
DATE OF DEATH August 31, 1956
Place of death Urbana , Illinois