Alton Terry
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Personal information | |
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Born | November 24, 1912 Brady, Texas, U.S. |
Died | July 13, 2003 (aged 90) Houston, Texas, U.S. |
Height | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) |
Weight | 79 kg (174 lb) |
Sport | |
Sport | Athletics |
Event | Javelin throw |
Club | Hardin-Simmons College |
Achievements and titles | |
Personal best | 69.85 m (1937)[1][2] |
Floy Alton Terry (November 24, 1912 – July 13, 2003) was an American javelin thrower. He placed sixth at the 1936 Olympics and third in at the 1937 AAU championships.[1]
Competing for Hardin-Simmons, Terry won the 1936 NCAA Championships with a meet-record 226-2 (68.94) to win by over 16 feet. The meet record stood until 1952.
References
- ^ a b "Alton Terry". Sports-Reference. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved October 13, 2013.
- ^ Alton Terry. trackfield.brinkster.net
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- 1936 United States Olympic trials (track and field)
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and road athletes
- Ellison "Tarzan" Brown
- Harold Cagle (r)
- Ernest Crosbie
- Glenn Cunningham
- Glen Dawson
- Tom Deckard
- Foy Draper (r)
- Al Fitch (r)
- Glenn Hardin
- Chuck Hornbostel
- Johnny Kelley
- Ernest Koehler
- Don Lash
- James LuValle
- Albert Mangan
- Harold Manning
- Joe McCluskey
- Billy McMahon
- Ralph Metcalfe
- Eddie O'Brien (r)
- Jesse Owens
- Bob Packard
- Joe Patterson
- Eino Pentti
- Fritz Pollard
- Mack Robinson
- Archie San Romani
- Dale Schofield
- Harold Smallwood
- Roy Staley
- Forrest Towns
- Gene Venzke
- Archie Williams
- Harry Williamson
- John Woodruff
- Stanley Wudyka
- Frank Wykoff
- Bob Young (r)
- Louis Zamperini
- Dave Albritton
- Lee Bartlett
- John Brooks
- Billy Brown
- Ken Carpenter
- Bob Clark
- Henry Dreyer
- Gordon Dunn
- Don Favor
- Sam Francis
- Bill Graber
- Cornelius Johnson
- Earle Meadows
- Malcolm Metcalf
- Glenn Morris
- Jesse Owens
- Jack Parker
- Rolland Romero
- Bill Rowe
- Bill Sefton
- Alton Terry
- Delos Thurber
- Jack Torrance
- Dudley Wilkins
- Walter Wood
- Dimitri Zaitz
- Harriet Bland
- Anne O'Brien
- Tidye Pickett
- Betty Robinson (r)
- Annette Rogers
- Simone Schaller
- Helen Stephens
- Marty Glickman
- Olive Hasenfus
- Louise Stokes
- Sam Stoller
- Josephine Warren
- Lawson Robertson (men's head coach)
- Dean Cromwell (men's assistant coach)
- Brutus Hamilton (men's assistant coach)
- Billy Hayes (men's assistant coach)
- Dee Boeckmann (women's coach)
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