Leighton Dye
![]() | |
Personal information | |
---|---|
Born | (1901-10-30)October 30, 1901 St. Louis, US |
Died | 25 October 1977(1977-10-25) (aged 75) Naples, US |
Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) |
Weight | 82 kg (181 lb; 12.9 st) |
Sport | |
Sport | Athletics |
Event | 110 metres hurdles |
Club | Los Angeles Athletics Team |
Achievements and titles | |
Personal best | 110 m hurdles: 14.6 (1928) |
Leighton William Charles Dye (October 30, 1901 – October 25, 1977)[1] was an American hurdler. He placed fourth in the 110 m hurdles at the 1928 Summer Olympics and was United States champion in 1926.
Biography
Dye was born in St. Louis, Missouri on October 30, 1901.[1] Representing coach Dean Cromwell's USC Trojans, Dye won the IC4A 120 yd (109.7 m) hurdles title as a junior in 1925, running 14.8;[2][3] USC won that year's IC4A team title.[4] Later that year he placed third at the national championships, behind Olympic finalist George Guthrie and NCAA champion Hugo Leistner.[5] In 1926 Dye repeated as IC4A champion, this time in 14.7,[2][6] and placed second to Guthrie at the NCAA championships;[7] the Trojans again won the IC4A team title, and would have also won the NCAA title if one had been awarded that year.[6][8] Dye then won at the national championships in 14.6, equalling both his personal best and Guthrie's meeting record from the previous year.[5][9][10]
Dye again ran 14.6, this time for the metric 110 m hurdles, at the 1928 Southwestern Olympic Tryouts, qualifying for the final Olympic Trials;[11] the time broke Earl Thomson's world record for the metric distance of 14.8,[11] although it was still inferior to Thomson's 14.4 for the imperial hurdles and was never ratified as a world record.[1][12] At the final Trials in Cambridge Dye placed third behind Steve Anderson and John Collier, qualifying for the Olympics.[12]
At the Olympics in Amsterdam Dye won his heat in 15.0 and then his semi-final in 14.8, a time that equalled both the Olympic record and Thomson's still-official metric world record; however, South Africa's George Weightman-Smith ran 14.6 in a subsequent semi-final.[1] In the final Dye placed fourth behind Sid Atkinson, Anderson and Collier, but defeated Weightman-Smith.[1]
Dye later became a sales executive for the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company.[13] He died in Naples, Florida on October 25, 1977.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e f "Leighton Dye Bio, Stats and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved November 2, 2014.
- ^ a b "IC4A Championships (1876-1942)". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved November 2, 2014.
- ^ "Galaxy of Stars in A. A. U. Meet at S. F." Berkeley Daily Gazette. June 25, 1925. p. 9. Retrieved November 2, 2014.
- ^ "Trojans Capture Athletic Events At Franklin Oval". Bakersfield Morning Echo. May 31, 1925. p. 2. Retrieved November 2, 2014.
- ^ a b Mallon, Bill; Buchanan, Ian; Track & Field News. "A History Of The Results Of The National Track & Field Championships Of The USA From 1876 Through 2011". Track & Field News. Archived from the original on November 3, 2014. Retrieved November 2, 2014.
- ^ a b "Barber Fails to Qualify at I.C.4-A". Oakland Tribune. May 29, 1926. Retrieved November 2, 2014.
- ^ Hill, E. Garry. "A History of the NCAA Championships" (PDF). Track & Field News. Retrieved November 2, 2014.
- ^ "Eight Records Broken in College Track Meet". Salt Lake Tribune. June 13, 1926. Retrieved November 2, 2014.
- ^ "Westerners In The Lead". Beatrice Daily Sun. July 6, 1926. Retrieved November 2, 2014.
- ^ "Leighton Dye". trackfield.brinkster.net. Retrieved November 2, 2014.
- ^ a b "School Youth Beats Paddock, Hurdle Mark Is Broken". Havre Daily News Promoter. June 17, 1928. Retrieved November 2, 2014.
- ^ a b Hymans, Richard. "The History of the United States Olympic Trials - Track & Field". USA Track & Field; Track & Field News. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 24, 2013. Retrieved November 2, 2014.
- ^ "Death Notices". Naples Daily News. October 26, 1977. Retrieved November 2, 2014.
- v
- t
- e
New York Athletic Club
- 1876: George Hitchcock
- 1877–78: Edwards Ficken
NAAAA
- 1879: Edward Haigh
- 1880: H.H. Moritz
- 1881–82: James Tivey (GBR)
- 1883–84: Silas Safford
- 1885–87: Alexander Jordan
- 1888Note 1: Al Copland
Amateur Athletic Union
- 1888Note 1: Alexander Jordan
- 1889: George Schwegler
- 1890: Fred Ducharme
- 1891: Al Copland
- 1892–93: Fred Puffer
- 1894–95: Stephen Chase
- 1896: William Rogers
- 1897: John Thompson
- 1898–99: Alvin Kraenzlein
- 1900: Ralph Hutchinson
- 1901: Walter Fishleigh
- 1902: R.H. Hadfield
- 1903: Frederick Schule
- 1904: Frank Castleman
- 1905: Hugo Friend
- 1906: William Armstrong
- 1907: Forrest Smithson
- 1908: Arthur Shaw
- 1909: Forrest Smithson
- 1910: John Case
- 1911: Arthur Shaw
- 1912: John Nicholson
- 1913: Fred Kelly
- 1914: Harry Goelitz
- 1915: Feg Murray
- 1916: Robert Simpson
- 1917: Harold Barron
- 1918: Earl Thomson (CAN)
- 1919: Robert Simpson
- 1920: Harold Barron
- 1921–22: Earl Thomson (CAN)
- 1923: Karl Anderson
- 1924: Ivan Riley
- 1925: George Guthrie
- 1926: Leighton Dye
- 1927: Chuck Werner
- 1928–30: Steve Anderson
- 1931: Percy Beard
- 1932: Jack Keller
- 1933: John Morriss
- 1934–35: Percy Beard
- 1936: Forrest Towns
- 1937: Allen Tolmich
- 1938: Fred Wolcott
- 1939: Joe Batiste
- 1940–41: Fred Wolcott
- 1942–43: Bill Cummins
- 1944: Owen Cassidy
- 1945: Charles Morgan
- 1946–47: Harrison Dillard
- 1948: William Porter
- 1949: Craig Dixon
- 1950–51: Dick Attlesey
- 1952: Harrison Dillard
- 1953–54: Jack Davis
- 1955: Milt Campbell
- 1956–57: Lee Calhoun
- 1958: Hayes Jones
- 1959: Lee Calhoun
- 1960–61: Hayes Jones
- 1962: Jerry Tarr
- 1963–64: Hayes Jones
- 1965–67: Willie Davenport
- 1968: Earl McCullouch
- 1969: Willie Davenport & Leon Coleman
- 1970: Thomas Hill
- 1971–72: Rod Milburn
- 1973: Thomas Hill
- 1974: Charles Foster
- 1975: Jerry Wilson
- 1976: Thomas Hill
- 1977: James Owens & Charles Foster
- 1978–79: Renaldo Nehemiah
The Athletics Congress
- 1980: Renaldo Nehemiah
- 1981: Greg Foster
- 1982: Willie Gault
- 1983: Greg Foster
- 1984: Tonie Campbell
- 1985: Roger Kingdom
- 1986–87: Greg Foster
- 1988–90: Roger Kingdom
- 1991: Greg Foster
- 1992: Jack Pierce
USA Track & Field
- 1993: Jack Pierce
- 1994: Mark Crear
- 1995: Roger Kingdom
- 1996–97: Allen Johnson
- 1998: Reggie Torian
- 1999: Mark Crear
- 2000–03: Allen Johnson
- 2004: Terrence Trammell
- 2005: Allen Johnson
- 2006: Dominique Arnold
- 2007: Terrence Trammell
- 2008: David Oliver
- 2009: David Payne
- 2010–11: David Oliver
- 2012: Aries Merritt
- 2013: Ryan Wilson
- 2014: Devon Allen
- 2015: David Oliver
- 2016: Devon Allen
- 2017: Aleec Harris
- 2018: Devon Allen
- 2019: Daniel Roberts
- 20212020 OT: Grant Holloway
- 2022-23: Daniel Roberts
- Note 1: In 1888 both the NAAAA and the AAU held championships
- 120 yd hurdles 1876–1927, 1929–31, 1953–55, 1957–58, 1961–63, 1965–67 and 1969–71; 110 m hurdles otherwise.
- First place was shared in 1969 and 1977.
- The 1920, 1928, 1932, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2016 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.