Harry Grumpelt
American high jumper (1885–1973)
![]() Harry Grumpelt in 1912 | |
Personal information | |
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Born | March 2, 1885 New York City, United States |
Died | November 3, 1973 (aged 88) Bronxville, New York, United States |
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) |
Weight | 64 kg (141 lb) |
Sport | |
Sport | Athletics |
Event | High jump |
Club | NYAC, New York |
Achievements and titles | |
Personal best | 1.905 m (1911)[1][2] |
Harry John Grumpelt (March 2, 1885 – November 3, 1973) was an American high jumper and accountant.[3] He competed at the 1912 Summer Olympics and finished sixth. Grumpelt won the AAU title in 1910 (indoors) and 1911 (outdoors); he placed second outdoors in 1908, 1910 and 1912, and third in 1914.[1] Grumpelt was bursar of the New York Public Library until his 1950 retirement.[4]
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US National Championship winners in men's high jump
New York Athletic Club
- 1876-8: Edwards Ficken
NAAAA
- 1879: William Wunder
- 1880: Alfred Carroll
- 1881: C.W. Durand
- 1882: Alfred Carroll
- 1883: Malcolm Ford
- 1884: J.T. Rinehart
- 1885–87: William Page
- 1888Note 1: Tim O'Connor
Amateur Athletic Union
- 1888Note 1: Daniel Webster
- 1889: R.K. Pritchard
- 1890–91: Alvah Nickerson
- 1892–95: Mike Sweeney
- 1896: Charles Powell
- 1897–1900: Irving Baxter
- 1901: Sam Jones
- 1902: Irving Baxter
- 1903-4: Sam Jones
- 1905: Herbert Kerrigan
- 1906: Neil Patterson
- 1907: Con Leahy
- 1908: Harry Porter
- 1909: Egon Erickson
- 1910: Walter Thomason
- 1911: Harry Grumpelt/Harry Porter
- 1912: John Johnstone
- 1913: Alma Richards
- 1914: Jo Loomis
- 1915: George Horine
- 1916: Wes Oler
- 1917: Clint Larsen
- 1918: Carl Rice
- 1919–20OT: John Murphy
- 1921–22: Dewey Alberts
- 1923: LeRoy Brown
- 1924: Robert Juday
- 1925–26: Harold Osborn
- 1927: Robert King
- 1928OT: Robert King/Charles McGinnis
- 1929: Henry Lassalette
- 1930–31: Anton Burg
- 1932OT: Cornelius Johnson/George Spitz/Robert van Osdel
- 1933: Cornelius Johnson
- 1934: Cornelius Johnson/Walter Marty
- 1935: Cornelius Johnson
- 1936: Cornelius Johnson/Dave Albritton
- 1937: Dave Albritton
- 1938: Mel Walker/Dave Albritton
- 1939–40: Les Steers
- 1941: Bill Stewart
- 1942: Adam Berry
- 1943: Pete Watkins
- 1944: Fred Sheffield/Willard Smith
- 1945: Dave Albritton/Lester Howe/Richard Schnacke/Joshua Williamson
- 1946–47: Dave Albritton
- 1948: Tom Schofield
- 1949: Dick Phillips
- 1950: Dave Albritton/Jack Heitzman/Jack Razzeto/Virgil Severns
- 1951: Lewis Hall
- 1952–53: Walt Davis
- 1954: Ernie Shelton
- 1955: Charles Dumas/Ernie Shelton
- 1956–59: Charles Dumas
- 1960: John Thomas
- 1961: Bob Avant
- 1962: John Thomas
- 1963: Gene Johnson
- 1964: Ed Caruthers
- 1965–67: Otis Burrell
- 1968: Ed Hanks
- 1969: Otis Burrell
- 1970–71: Reynaldo Brown
- 1972: Barry Schur
- 1973–74: Dwight Stones
- 1975: Tom Woods
- 1976–78: Dwight Stones
- 1979: Franklin Jacobs
The Athletics Congress
- 1980: Franklin Jacobs
- 1981: Tyke Peacock
- 1982: Milt Ottey
- 1983: Dwight Stones
- 1984: Jim Howard
- 1985: Brian Stanton
- 1986: Doug Nordquist
- 1987: Jerome Carter
- 1988: Doug Nordquist
- 1989: Brian Brown
- 1990–92OT: Hollis Conway
USA Track & Field
- 1993–94: Hollis Conway
- 1995–20002OT: Charles Austin
- 2001–02: Nathan Leeper
- 2003–04OT: Jamie Nieto
- 2005: Matt Hemingway
- 2006: Tora Harris
- 2007: Jim Dilling
- 2008OT: Jesse Williams
- 2009: Tora Harris
- 2010–11: Jesse Williams
- 2012OT: Jamie Nieto
- 2013–16: Erik Kynard
- 2017:Bryan McBride
- 2018–19: Jeron Robinson
- 20212020 OT: JuVaughn Harrison
- Note 1: In 1888 both the NAAAA and the AAU held championships
- OT: 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 the COVID-19 pandemic.
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