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Ellery Harding Clark (March 13, 1874 – July 27, 1949) was an American track and field athlete and a writer. He was the first modern Olympic champion in high jump and long jump. Biography. Clark is the only person to have won both the Olympic high jump and long jump. Clark achieved it in 1896, at the first modern Olympics in Athens.
When Ellery Harding Clark was born on 13 March 1874, in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Benjamin C. Clark, Jr., was 40 and his mother, Adeline Kennicutt Weld, was 41. He married Victoria Mary Maddalena on 16 June 1904, in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States.
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Ellery Harding Clark. Born 13 Mar 1874 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts. Son of Benjamin C. Clark and Adeline Kennicutt (Weld) Clark. [sibling (s) unknown] [spouse (s) unknown] [children unknown] Died 17 Feb 1949 in Massachusetts.
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Ellery Harding Clark (March 13, 1874 – July 27, 1949) was an American track and field athlete and a writer. He was the first modern Olympic champion in high jump and long jump.
Ellery Harding Clark. Birth. 13 Mar 1874. West Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA. Death. 17 Feb 1949 (aged 74) Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA. Burial. Forest Hills Cemetery and Crematory. Jamaica Plain, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA Add to Map. Memorial ID. 107939227. · View Source. Suggest Edits. Memorial. Photos 2.
Ellery Clark holds the distinction of being the only man to win both the Olympic high jump and long jump. Clark, a 22-year-old Harvard grad, claimed this noteworthy double at the first Modern Olympics with marks of 5-11½ (1.81) and 20-11 (6.37).
Sep 19, 2021 · Clark, Ellery H. (Ellery Harding), 1874-1949. Publication date 1911 Topics Athletics, Athletics Publisher Boston, New York, Houghton Mifflin Co. Collection
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