Simon Gillis
Simon Gillis ( Simon Peter Gillis ; born April 6, 1880 in Nova Scotia , Canada , † January 14, 1964 in Phoenix , Arizona ) was an American hammer thrower .
In 1904, while exercising on a vacant lot on Park Avenue in Harlem, the hammer he had just released fatally hit a 14-year-old boy in the back of the head.
In 1906 he was US runner-up and in 1908 British champion.
At the Olympic Games in London in 1908 he was seventh in the hammer throw. In the discus throw , he did not make the top eleven.
In 1912 he was eliminated in the hammer throw at the Olympic Games in Stockholm without a valid attempt.
Web links
- Simon Gillis in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- ↑ "Boy Killed by Hammer Throw at Practice; Climbed Fence as Champion Gillis Made Long Throw." New York Times , Oct. 1, 1904.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gillis, Simon |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gillis, Simon Peter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American hammer thrower |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 6, 1880 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nova Scotia |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 14, 1964 |
| Place of death | Phoenix (Arizona) |