Edwin Myers (pole vaulter)

Edwin Myers
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing the United States
Olympic Games
	1920 Antwerp	Pole vault

Edwin Earle Myers (December 18, 1896 – August 31, 1978) was an American athlete who competed in the men's pole vault. He competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics and won bronze, behind Danish pole vaulter Henry Petersen who won silver. He attended Dartmouth College. He was born in Hinsdale, Illinois and died in Evanston, Illinois.^[1]

References

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^ "Edwin Myers". Olympedia. Retrieved 19 July 2021.

External links

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Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ed Myers". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.
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v t e USA Indoor Track and Field Championships winners in men's pole vault (pole vault for distance)
Pole vault for distance	1906: Martin Sheridan 1907: Martin Sheridan 1908: Willard McLeod 1909: Harry Babcock 1910: Platt Adams 1911: Harry Babcock 1913: Platt Adams 1914: Platt Adams 1915: Platt Adams
Pole vault	1906: Alfred Carlton Gilbert 1907: Claude Allen 1908: Charles Vezin Jr. 1909: William Happeny (CAN), Harry Babcock (2nd) 1910: William Happeny (CAN), Theodore Babcock (2nd) 1911: Gordon Dukes 1925: Paul Jones 1926: Charles Hoff (NOR), Edwin Myers (2nd) 1927: Sabin Carr 1928: Sabin Carr 1929: Fred Sturdy 1930: Fred Sturdy 1931: Fred Sturdy 1932: Fred Sturdy 1933: Keith Brown, Frank Pierce 1934: Bill Graber 1935: Ray Lowry, Eldon Stutzman, Oscar Sutermeister 1936: David Hunn 1937: Earle Meadows 1938: Richard Ganslen 1939: Cornelius Warmerdam 1940: Earle Meadows 1941: Earle Meadows 1942: Boo Morcom 1943: Cornelius Warmerdam 1944: Jack DeField 1945: Bill Moore 1946: Bill Moore 1947: Guinn Smith 1948: Bob Richards 1949: Boo Morcom 1950: Bob Richards 1951: Bob Richards 1952: Bob Richards 1953: Bob Richards 1954: Jerry Welbourn 1955: Bob Richards 1956: Don Bragg, Bob Richards 1957: Bob Richards 1958: Don Bragg, Bob Gutowski 1959: Don Bragg 1960: Don Bragg 1961: Don Bragg 1962: Henry Wadsworth 1963: Dave Tork 1964: John Uelses 1965: Billy Gene Pemelton 1966: Bob Seagren 1967: Bob Seagren 1968: Dennis Phillips 1969: Peter Chen 1970: Bob Seagren 1971: Dick Railsback 1972: Kjell Isaksson (SWE), Steve Smith (3rd) 1973: Steve Smith 1974: Vic Dias 1975: Roland Carter 1976: Roland Carter 1977: Larry Jessee 1978: Larry Jessee 1979: Dan Ripley 1980: Earl Bell 1981: Thierry Vigneron (FRA), Dan Ripley (3rd) 1982: Billy Olson 1983: Billy Olson 1984: Sergey Bubka (URS), Earl Bell (3rd) 1985: Doug Lytle 1986: Sergey Bubka (URS), Brad Pursley (5th) 1987: Earl Bell 1988: Radion Gataullin (URS), Dave Kenworthy (2nd) 1989: Radion Gataullin (URS), Billy Olson (2nd) 1990: István Bagyula (HUN), Tim Bright (2nd) 1991: Kory Tarpenning 1992: Dean Starkey 1993: Greg West 1994: Kory Tarpenning 1995: Nick Hysong 1996: Pat Manson 1997: Lawrence Johnson 1998: Scott Hennig 1999: Jeff Hartwig 2000: Lawrence Johnson 2001: Lawrence Johnson 2002: Timothy Mack 2003: Derek Miles 2004: Toby Stevenson 2005: Brad Walker 2006: Brad Walker 2007: Jeff Hartwig 2008: Brad Walker 2009: Jeremy Scott 2010: Timothy Mack 2011: Mark Hollis 2012: Brad Walker 2013: Jordan Scott 2014: Mark Hollis 2015: Sam Kendricks 2016: Sam Kendricks 2017: Sam Kendricks 2018: Scott Houston 2019: Andrew Irwin 2020: Matt Ludwig 2022: Chris Nilsen 2023: Sam Kendricks 2024: Chris Nilsen
Notes	* From 1906 to 1979, events were conducted by the Amateur Athletic Union. Events from 1980 to 1992 were conducted under The Athletics Congress. Events thereafter were conducted by USA Track & Field.

v t e US National Championship winners in men's pole vault
1876–1878 New York Athletic Club	1877: George McNichol 1878: Alfred Ing
1879–1888 NAAAA	1879–81: William Van Houten 1882: B.F. Richardson 1883–86: Hugh Baxter 1887: Tom Ray (GBR) & Hugh Baxter 1888^{Note 1}: G.B. Quinn
1888–1979 Amateur Athletic Union	1888^{Note 1}: Lincoln Godshall 1889: Lat Stones (GBR) & D.F. O'Brien 1890: Walter Rodenbaugh 1891–92: Theodore Luce 1893–94: Christian Buchholz 1895: Hermann Thomas 1896: Franklin Allis 1897: Jesse Hurlburt 1898: Raymond Clapp 1899: Irving Baxter 1900: Bascom Johnson 1901: Charles Dvorak 1902: August Anderson 1903: Charles Dvorak 1904: H.L. Gardner 1905: Roy Heater 1906: LeRoy Samse 1907: Ed Cook 1908: William Halpenny (CAN) & Claude Allen 1909: Roy Paulding 1910: Harry Babcock 1911: Ed Cook, Frank Coyle & Sam Bellah 1912: Harry Babcock 1913: Stanley Wagoner 1914: Ken Curtis 1915: Sam Bellah 1916: Sherman Landers 1917: Edward Knourek 1918: Carl Buck 1919–20: Frank Foss 1921–22: Edward Knourek 1923–24: Edwin Myers 1925: Harry Smith 1926: Paul Harrington 1927–28: Lee Barnes 1929–30: Fred Sturdy 1931: Jack Wool 1932: Bill Graber 1933: Keith Brown & Matt Gordy 1934: Keith Brown, Bill Graber & Wirt Thompson 1935: Earle Meadows & Bill Sefton 1936: George Varoff 1937: Bill Sefton 1938: Cornelius Warmerdam 1939: George Varoff 1940–44: Cornelius Warmerdam 1945: Boo Morcom & Robert Phelps 1946: Irving Moore 1947: Boo Morcom 1948: Boo Morcom & Bob Richards 1949–51: Bob Richards 1952: Bob Richards & Don Laz 1953: Don Laz & George Mattos 1954–57: Bob Richards 1958: Ron Morris 1959: Don Bragg 1960: Aubrey Dooley 1961–62: Ron Morris 1963: Brian Sternberg 1964: Fred Hansen 1965: John Pennel 1966: Bob Seagren 1967: Paul Wilson 1968: Dick Railsback 1969–70: Bob Seagren 1971: Jan Johnson 1972: Dave Roberts 1973: Mike Cotton 1974: Dave Roberts 1975: Don Baird (AUS) * Terry Porter 1976: Earl Bell 1977: Mike Tully 1978: Dan Ripley 1979: Mike Tully
1980–1992 The Athletics Congress	1980: Tom Hintnaus 1981: Billy Olson 1982: Dan Ripley & Billy Olson 1983: Jeff Buckingham 1984: Earl Bell 1985: Joe Dial 1986: Mike Tully 1987: Joe Dial 1988–89: Kory Tarpenning 1990: Earl Bell 1991–92: Tim Bright
1993–onwards USA Track & Field	1993–95: Scott Huffman 1996–97: Lawrence Johnson 1998–99: Jeff Hartwig 2000–01: Lawrence Johnson 2002–03: Jeff Hartwig 2004: Tim Mack 2005: Brad Walker 2006: Russ Buller 2007: Brad Walker 2008: Derek Miles 2009: Brad Walker 2010: Mark Hollis 2011: Derek Miles 2012–13: Brad Walker 2014–19: Sam Kendricks 2020 not held 2021^{2020 OT}: Chris Nilsen
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 1920 USA Olympic track and field team
Track/road/cross country athletes	Harold Barron Max Bohland George Bretnall (r) Hal Brown Tom Campbell Jimmy Connolly George Cornetta Bob Crawford Edward Curtis Charles Daggs Gus Desch Michael Devaney Ivan Dresser Earl Eby Robert Emery Fred Faller Patrick Flynn Clifford C. Furnas Albert Hulsebosch Charles Hunter Earl Johnson Morris Kirksey Carl Linder Frank Loomis Thomas Maroney Charles Mellor Ted Meredith Loren Murchison Feg Murray John Norton Joseph Organ Charley Paddock Amisoli Patasoni Joseph Pearman William Plant Joie Ray Richard Remer Winfred Rolker Arthur Roth Arlie Schardt (t) George Schiller Jackson Scholz Donald Scott Frank Shea Larry Shields Walker Smith Albert Sprott Lewis Watson Ray Watson Allen Woodring William Yount
Field/combined event athletes	Dan Ahearn Milton Angier William Bartlett Basil Bennett George Bihlman Everett Bradley Sol Butler Howard Cann Robert J. Dunne Everett Ellis Frank Foss Kaufman Geist Harry Goelitz Brutus Hamilton Clarence Jaquith Eldon Jenne Carl Johnson Edward Knourek Sherman Landers Richmond Landon Robert LeGendre James Lincoln Harry Liversedge Jack Mahan Pat McDonald James McEachern Matt McGrath Jack Merchant Harold Muller John Murphy Edwin Myers Gus Pope Edward Roberts Pat Ryan Dink Templeton Arthur Tuck Eugene Vidal Walter Whalen Kenneth Wilson
Coaches and trainers	Jack Moakley (head coach) Bill Hayward (associate coach) Lawson Robertson (associate coach) Michael J. Ryan (associate coach)

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