Ken Doherty (athlete)

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Ken Doherty (actually John Kenneth Doherty ; born May 16, 1905 in Detroit , † April 19, 1996 in Lancaster , Pennsylvania ) was an American decathlete , athletics coach and textbook author.

Career

In Detroit high school, Doherty was a mediocre high jumper who did not make it into the first team in any discipline. After high school, he enrolled at the local Wayne State University in 1923 . It was not until 1926 that his trainer discovered his talent for all-round combat. After graduating with a bachelor's degree in education in 1927, he enrolled at the University of Michigan that same year to train under coach Steve Farrell and Charles B. Hoyt . Here he also took his master's degree in 1933. In 1928 he qualified as US champion for the Olympic Games in Amsterdam . There he won the bronze medal with 7706.650 points behind the two Finns Paavo Yrjölä , who set a world record with 8053.290 points, and Akilles Järvinen (7931.500 points). The following year he defended his national title with the US record of 7,784,680 points. He then began working as a high school coach in 1929. As a coach of his own sport, he lost his starting authorization in accordance with the amateur regulations of the time . After just a year, he became an assistant coach at Princeton University . In 1930 Doherty went back to the University of Michigan, where he was assistant to Charles B. Hoyt for nine years. When Hoyt moved to Yale University , Doherty himself became head coach in Michigan for a further nine years, where he also received his doctorate in education in 1948 and moved to the University of Pennsylvania that same year . There he also headed the Penn Relays athletics meeting from 1956 to 1969 . Doherty also made a name for himself as the author of textbooks such as Modern Track & Field (1955) and Track & Field Omnibook (1971).

Publications

  • Track & Field Omnibook. 5th edition (edited and updated by John Kernan). Track & Field News Press, 2007, ISBN 0911521747

Honors

  • National Track and Field Hall of Fame
  • US Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Hall of Fame .
  • Annual scholarship to research the history of training theory bears his name.
  • Doherty was president of the National Track and Field Coaches Association
  • Fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine Prior to his induction into the National Track and Field Hall of Fame, Doherty had been chairman of the selection committee for two years.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Frank Litsyk: Ken Doherty, 90, Longtime Penn Relays Director , The New York Times. April 21, 1996. 
  2. ^ Penn Biographies: John Kenneth Doherty . University of Pennsylvania Archives.
  3. ^ Arnd Krüger : The American sport between isolationism and internationalism . In: competitive sport . Volume 18. No. 1 , 1988, p. 43-47 .
  4. ^ Arnd Krüger : The American sport between isolationism and internationalism . In: competitive sport . Volume 18. No. 2 , 1988, p. 47-50 .
  5. ↑ Chuck Rist: Doherty: From Shrine Selector to Inductee , Charleston Daily Mail. June 9, 1976. 
  6. ↑ a b Ken Doherty . US Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / ustfccca.cstv.com  
  7. ↑ Ken Doherty Memorial Fellowship 2007 National Track & Field Research Collection, LA84 Foundation . LA84 Foundation. Archived from the original on May 6, 2010. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved March 13, 2017. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.la84foundation.org
  8. ↑ David L. Porter: Biographical Dictionary of American Sports, p. 660 . Greenwood Publishing Group, 1995, ISBN 0-313-28431-8 .

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personal data
SURNAME Doherty, Ken
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Doherty, John Kenneth
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American decathlete
DATE OF BIRTH May 16, 1905
PLACE OF BIRTH Detroit
DATE OF DEATH April 19, 1996
Place of death Lancaster, Pennsylvania