John DeWitt (athlete)
John DeWitt ( John Riegel DeWitt ; born October 29, 1881 in Phillipsburg , New Jersey , † July 28, 1930 in New York , NY ) was an American hammer thrower and football player.
He won the IC4A , the American university championships, in hammer throwing between 1901 and 1904 four times in a row and won the silver medal in this discipline at the 1904 Olympic Games in St. Louis.
As a football player played for the Princeton University team from 1901 to 1903 and was elected to the All American Football team in 1902 and 1903 . DeWitt was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1954 .
Web links
- John DeWitt in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
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| SURNAME | DeWitt, John |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | DeWitt, John Riegel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American hammer thrower and football player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 29, 1881 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Phillipsburg, New Jersey , USA |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 28, 1930 |
| Place of death | New York City |