Mark Catlin
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| Mark Catlin | |
| Event | hurdles |
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| Nationality | United States |
| Born | 1882 at Aurora, IL |
| Died | 1956 |
| College | Univ of Chicago |
Mark Catlin (1882 – 1956) was a football and track star at Chicago during the early 1900s. An All-American end in 1905, Catlin was credited with tackling a Michigan back for a safety in a 2-0 Chicago win over the Wolverines on Thanksgiving Day. In 1903, Catlin set a world record in the 50-yard high hurdles.
Catlin won in the broad jump and high and low hurdles and also competed in the hurdles and discus at the Olympic Collegiate Championships, held in St. Louis in June, before the 1904 Olympics, along with many other competitions that included the word "Olympics" in their title. At this competition he received gold medals in the 120 and 220 yd hurdles and silver in the discus. His time in the 120 yd hurdles (15 3-5s) bested that recorded in the official Olympics (16s).[1]. He graduated from Chicago in 1905.
Subsequent career
Mark Catlin decided to go to law school at the University of Iowa and coached football there from 1907-1908. He coached football at Lawrence University from 1910 to 1918. He served in the state assembly from 1920-22. After being defeated in the Republican primary in 1922, he returned to his law practice. He returned as Lawrence's football coach from 1924 to 1927.
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In 2005, Catlin was inducted into the University of Chicago Hall of Fame.
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References
- ↑ Spalding's Official Athletic Almanac for 1905,Special Olympic Number, Compiled by James E. Sullivan, The American Publishing Co., 15 Warren St., NY, NY