Lee Talbott

Lee Talbott
Lee Talbott in a sketch by Robert Edgren, 1907
Born	(1887-07-12)July 12, 1887 Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.
Died	September 16, 1954(1954-09-16) (aged 67) Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.^[1]

Leander James 'Lee' Talbott (July 12, 1887 – September 16, 1954) was an American track and field athlete, tug of war competitor, and wrestler from Kansas City, Missouri.^[2] He attended the Mercersburg Academy and was a weight thrower first at Cornell University in 1907 and then at Penn State in 1909.^[3] He was a member of the Kansas City Athletic Club, and he competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics as a member of the Irish American Athletic Club. In his prime, Talbott stood 6' 6" inches and weighed 220 lbs.^[4]

In 1908 he finished fifth in the hammer throw competition, sixth in the discus throw event, and eighth in the shot put competition.

Talbott was a member of the American tug of war team that refused to compete against the Liverpool Police team after the first round of the controversial Olympic tug of war event. He also participated as a wrestler in the freestyle heavyweight event but was eliminated in the first round after losing his bout to the upcoming gold medalist, Con O'Kelly. He is the only athlete to compete in three sports at one Olympic Games celebration.

In 1909 he won the hammer throw in the Amateur Athletic Union championship, and in 1909 and 1915 he was the champion in the 56-lb. weight throw. Between 1909 and 1917 Talbott won 20 medals at the Amateur Athletic Union championships in the shot put, discus throw, hammer throw, and the 56-lb. weight throw.

Notes

^ Lee Talbott Dies, Joplin News Herald, September 17, 1954
^ "Lee Talbott". Olympedia. Retrieved March 13, 2021.
^ "LEE TALBOTT TO PENN STATE. Former Manual and K. C. A. C. Athlete Couldn't Enter Cornell This Year". Kansas City Star. November 11, 1909. p. 8. Retrieved January 6, 2014.
^ The New York Evening World, April 19, 1907.

Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Lee Talbott". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020.

v t e US National Championship winners in men's hammer throw
1876–1878 New York Athletic Club	1876: William Curtis 1877: George Parmly 1878: William Curtis
1879–1888 – NAAAA	1879: James McDermott 1880: William Curtis 1881-2: Frank Lambrecht 1883: Wilson Coudon 1884-5: Frank Lambrecht 1886: Wilson Coudon 1887: Charles Queckberner 1888^{Note 1}: Frank Lambrecht
1888–1979 Amateur Athletic Union	1888^{Note 1}: William Barry 1889–96: James Mitchel 1897-9: John Flanagan 1900: Rich. Sheridan 1901-2: John Flanagan 1903: James Mitchel 1904-5: Alfred Plaw 1906-7: John Flanagan 1908: Matt McGrath 1909: Lee Talbott 1910: Matt McGrath 1911: Con Walsh 1912: Matt McGrath 1913-7: Pat Ryan 1918: Matt McGrath 1919–21^OT: Pat Ryan 1922: Matt McGrath 1923-4: Fred Tootell 1925-6: Matt McGrath 1927: Jack Merchant 1928^OT: Edmund Black 1929: Jack Merchant 1930: Norwood Wright 1931: Ed Flanagan 1932^OT: Frank Conner 1933: Pat O'Callaghan 1934: Donald Favor 1935: Henry Dreyer 1936: William Rowe 1937-8: Irving Folwartshny 1939: Chester Cruikshank 1940: Stanley Johnson 1941: Irving Folwartshny 1942: Chester Cruikshank 1943-5: Henry Dreyer 1946: Irving Folwartshny 1947-8: Bob Bennett 1949–51: Samuel Felton 1952: Tom Bane 1953: Marty Engel 1954: Bob Backus 1955–61: Hal Connolly 1962-3: Albert Hall 1964-5: Hal Connolly 1966-8: Ed Burke 1969: Tom Gage 1970-1: George Frenn 1972: Al Schoterman 1973: Ted Bregar 1974: Steve DeAutremont 1975: Boris Djerassi 1976: Larry Hart 1977: Emmitt Berry 1978: Boris Djerassi 1979: Scott Neilson 1980: Giampaolo Urlando
1980–1992 The Athletics Congress	1981: Richard Olsen 1982-3: Dave McKenzie 1984-5: Jud Logan 1986: Bill Green 1987: Jud Logan 1988: Ken Flax 1989: Lance Deal 1990: Ken Flax 1991-2^OT: Jud Logan
1993-onwards USA Track & Field	1993-6^OT: Lance Deal 1997: Kevin McMahon 1998–2000^OT: Lance Deal 2001: Kevin McMahon 2002: Lance Deal 2003-5: James Parker 2006-9: A. G. Kruger 2010: Jake Freeman 2011-2: Kibwé Johnson 2013: A. G. Kruger 2014-5: Kibwé Johnson 2016: Rudy Winkler 2017: Alex Young 2018: Rudy Winkler 2019: Conor McCullough 2021^{2020 OT}: Rudy Winkler
Notes	Note 1: In 1888 both the NAAAA and the AAU held championships OT: 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.

v t e US National Championship winners in men's weight throw
1876-1878 – NYAC	1878: William Curtis
1879-1888 - NAAAA	1879–80: James McDermott 1881: John Britton 1882: H.W. West 1883: Frank Lambrecht 1884–87: Charles Queckberner 1888: James Mitchel (IRL)
1888-1979 Amateur Athletic Union	1888–89: Wilson Coudon 1890: Charles Queckberner 1891–97: James Mitchel 1898: Richard Sheldon 1899: John Flanagan (IRL) 1900: James Mitchel 1901: John Flanagan 1902: Étienne Desmarteau (CAN) 1903: James Mitchel 1904: John Flanagan 1905: James Mitchel 1906–08: John Flanagan 1909: Lee Talbott 1910: Con Walsh 1911: Patrick McDonald 1912: Patrick Ryan 1913: Matt McGrath 1914: Patrick McDonald 1915: Lee Talbott 1916: Matt McGrath 1917: Patrick Ryan 1918: Matt McGrath 1919–21: Patrick McDonald 1922–25: Matt McGrath 1926–29: Patrick McDonald 1930–32: Leo Sexton 1933: Patrick McDonald 1934–35: Clark Haskins 1936–38: Louis Lepis 1939: Stanley Johnson 1940: Henry Dreyer 1941–44: Frank Berst 1945: Henry Dreyer 1946–47: Frank Berst 1948–49: Henry Dreyer 1950: Frank Berst 1951–52: Henry Dreyer 1953–59: Bob Backus 1960–64: Not held 1965: Bob Backus

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