American sprinter
Frank Hussey
Hussey at the 1924 Olympics
Personal information Born February 14, 1905New York City , U.S. Died December 26, 1974 (aged 69)Coxsackie, New York , U.S. Height 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) Weight 70 kg (154 lb) Sport Sport Athletics Event(s) 100 m, 100 yd Club Stuyvesant High School Achievements and titles Personalbest(s) 100 m – 10.7 (1924)[ 1] [ 2]
Francis Valentine Joseph Hussey (February 14, 1905 – December 26, 1974) was an American sprint runner who won a gold medal in the 4 × 100 mrelay at the1924 Summer Olympics .[ 3]
Frank Hussey, a schoolboy sensation fromNew York City's Stuyvesant High School ,[ 4] Paris Olympics , which won the gold medal in a newworld record of 41.0.[ 2]
After returning fromParis , he attendedBoston College and then Columbia University, and as a freshman became the leading Collegiate runner in America. He won theAAU championships in 100 yd (91 m) in 1925.[ 1] [ 2]
Although he was considered as a main favorite to gold medal in 100 m before the1928 Summer Olympics , Hussey was eliminated in the heats ofUS Olympic Trials . After that he worked as a salesman, taught in the New York State Prison System, and served as an official at athletics events in his free time.[ 1]
1912 :David Jacobs ,Henry Macintosh ,Victor d'Arcy ,Willie Applegarth (GBR ) 1920 :Charley Paddock ,Jackson Scholz ,Loren Murchison ,Morris Kirksey (USA ) 1924 :Loren Murchison ,Louis Clarke ,Frank Hussey ,Al LeConey (USA ) 1928 :Frank Wykoff ,James Quinn ,Charley Borah ,Henry Russell (USA ) 1932 :Bob Kiesel ,Emmett Toppino ,Hector Dyer ,Frank Wykoff (USA ) 1936 :Jesse Owens ,Ralph Metcalfe ,Foy Draper ,Frank Wykoff (USA ) 1948 :Barney Ewell ,Lorenzo Wright ,Harrison Dillard ,Mel Patton (USA ) 1952 :Dean Smith ,Harrison Dillard ,Lindy Remigino ,Andy Stanfield (USA ) 1956 :Ira Murchison ,Leamon King ,Thane Baker ,Bobby Morrow (USA ) 1960 :Bernd Cullmann ,Armin Hary ,Walter Mahlendorf ,Martin Lauer (EUA ) 1964 :Paul Drayton ,Gerry Ashworth ,Richard Stebbins ,Bob Hayes (USA ) 1968 :Charles Greene ,Mel Pender ,Ronnie Ray Smith ,Jim Hines (USA ) 1972 :Larry Black ,Robert Taylor ,Gerald Tinker ,Eddie Hart (USA ) 1976 :Harvey Glance ,Lam Jones ,Millard Hampton ,Steve Riddick (USA ) 1980 :Vladimir Muravyov ,Nikolay Sidorov ,Aleksandr Aksinin ,Andrey Prokofyev (URS ) 1984 :Sam Graddy ,Ron Brown ,Calvin Smith ,Carl Lewis (USA ) 1988 :Viktor Bryzhin ,Vladimir Krylov ,Vladimir Muravyov ,Vitaliy Savin (URS ) 1992 :Michael Marsh ,Leroy Burrell ,Dennis Mitchell ,Carl Lewis ,James Jett (USA ) 1996 :Robert Esmie ,Glenroy Gilbert ,Bruny Surin ,Donovan Bailey ,Carlton Chambers (CAN ) 2000 :Jon Drummond ,Bernard Williams ,Brian Lewis ,Maurice Greene ,Tim Montgomery ,Kenny Brokenburr (USA ) 2004 :Jason Gardener ,Darren Campbell ,Marlon Devonish ,Mark Lewis-Francis (GBR ) 2008 :Keston Bledman ,Marc Burns ,Emmanuel Callender ,Richard Thompson ,Aaron Armstrong (TTO ) 2012 :Nesta Carter ,Michael Frater ,Yohan Blake ,Usain Bolt ,Bailey-Cole (JAM ) 2016 :Asafa Powell ,Yohan Blake ,Nickel Ashmeade ,Usain Bolt ,Jevaughn Minzie ,Kemar Bailey-Cole (JAM ) 2020 :Lorenzo Patta ,Marcell Jacobs ,Fausto Desalu ,Filippo Tortu (ITA ) 2024 :Aaron Brown ,Jerome Blake ,Brendon Rodney ,Andre De Grasse (CAN )
1876–1878New York Athletic Club 1879–1888NAAAA 1888–1979Amateur Athletic Union 1980–1992The Athletics Congress 1993–presentUSA Track & Field Notes Note 1 : In 1888 both the NAAAA and the AAU held championshipsOT : The 1920, 1928, 1932, and since 1992, championships incorporated the Olympic Trials, otherwise held as a discrete event.2020 OT : The 2020 Olympic Trials were delayed and held in 2021 due to theCOVID-19 pandemic .Distance : Until 1927 the event was over 100 yards, and again from 1929-31ro : In 1886 the event was won after a run-off* : Penalized one yard for false startG1 : Race was won byDon Quarrie (Jamaica) competing as a guest
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