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| Born | November 19, 1878 Philadelphia, USA | ||||||||||||||
| Died | June 7, 1947 (aged 68) Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, USA | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
Event | pole vault | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Penn Quakers, Philadelphia | ||||||||||||||
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Meredith Bright Colket (November 19, 1878 – June 7, 1947) was an Americanpole vaulter who competed in the1900 Summer Olympics in Paris and won the silver medal in the men's pole vault ahead ofNorwegianCarl-Albert Andersen who won bronze.Irving Baxter won gold.[1][2]
Colket was born on November 19, 1878, in Philadelphia. He graduated from theUniversity of Pennsylvania with a B.S. degree in 1901 and a LL.B degree in 1904. He was a member ofPhi Gamma Delta and the varsity track team for all four of his undergraduate years. Colkert finished second in the pole jump at the British1900 AAA Championships.[3][4]
He organized the firsttennis team at Penn and won second place at the intercollegiate tennis doubles championship in 1902. He worked as anattorney for the General Accident Fire & Life Insurance Corporation and continued to play tennis at theMerion Cricket Club.[5] He married Alberta Kelsey on April 12, 1911, in London.[6]
He died of a heart attack at his home inBryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, on June 7, 1947,[5] and was interred atLaurel Hill Cemetery in Philadelphia.[7]
Colket's son, Meredith B. Colket Jr. (1912–1985), was a notedgenealogist.[8]
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