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| Born | James Aloysius Bernard Bausch (1906-03-29)March 29, 1906 Marion, South Dakota, U.S.[1] | |||||||||||
| Died | July 9, 1974(1974-07-09) (aged 68) Hot Springs, Arkansas, U.S. | |||||||||||
| Height | 188 cm (6 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||
| Weight | 95 kg (209 lb) | |||||||||||
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| No. 47 | ||||||||||||
| Position | Halfback | |||||||||||
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| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | |||||||||||
| Weight | 200 lb (91 kg) | |||||||||||
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| High school | Wichita Cathedral (Wichita, Kansas) | |||||||||||
| College | Kansas | |||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||
Event | Decathlon | |||||||||||
| Club | Kansas City Athletic Club | |||||||||||
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| Personalbest(s) | PV – 4.05 m (1930) SP – 15.33 m (1932)[2] | |||||||||||
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James Aloysius Bernard "Jarring Jim" Bausch (March 29, 1906 – July 9, 1974) was an American athlete who played collegiate and professionalfootball and competed intrack and field, mainly in thedecathlon.
Bausch grew up in and attended school inGarden Plain, Kansas, before finishing and graduating from Cathedral High School inWichita, Kansas, and went to college at theUniversity of Kansas, where he starred infootball andbasketball. Bausch was anAll-American for theKansas Jayhawks track and field team, finishing 6th in theshot put at the1930 NCAA Track and Field Championships.[3] He competed for the United States in the1932 Summer Olympics held inLos Angeles in the decathlon. Bausch only placed fifth after the first day, but splendid performances in the discus throw and pole vault helped him to build an insurmountable lead and win the gold medal over the heavily favoredFinnish athleteAkilles Järvinen.[4]
Bausch played college football at the Municipal University of Wichita, now known asWichita State University, and theUniversity of Kansas. He was inducted into theCollege Football Hall of Fame in 1954.[5] Bausch also played professional football as ahalfback in theNational Football League (NFL) for theChicago Cardinals andCincinnati Reds.[6]
After retiring from competitions, Bausch tried a career as a nightclub singer before becoming an insurance salesman. DuringWorld War II, while serving with the U.S. Navy in the Pacific, he contractedosteomyelitis, and the associated pain resulted in alcoholism. Bausch eventually overcame both problems, and in his later years helped other osteomyelitis patients.[1]
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| Preceded by | Men's Decathlon World Record Holder August 6, 1932 – July 8, 1934 | Succeeded by |
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