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Edward Cook (athlete)

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Edward Cook

Edward Cook at an international meet in France in 1908

Personal information

Born

November 27, 1888
Chillicothe, Ohio, United States

Died

October 18, 1972 (aged 83)
Chillicothe, Ohio, United States

Height

1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)

Weight

66 kg (146 lb)

Sport

Athletics

Event(s)

Pole vault, long jump, high jump, sprint

Club

Cleveland Athletic Club

Achievements and titles

Personal best(s)

PV – 3.81 m (1911)
LJ – 7.15 m (1906)
HJ – 1.835 m (1906)
100 yd – 10.0 (1906)^[1]^[2]

Medal record

Representing the United States

Olympic Games
	1908 London	Pole vault

Edward Tiffin Cook Sr. (November 27, 1888 – October 18, 1972) was an American athlete who shared the gold medal in the pole vault (with Alfred Carlton Gilbert) at the 1908 Summer Olympics.^[1]^[3]

Cook was an all-around athlete and won the IC4A long jump title in 1908 and 1909, and the AAU pole vault title in 1907 and 1911. He graduated from Cornell University in 1910 and later became a farmer and director of the First National Bank in his native Chillicothe, Ohio. He was elected to the Sphinx Head Society during his senior year.^[1]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c Ed Cook Archived 13 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine. sports-reference.com

^ Edward Cook. trackfield.brinkster.net

^ "Edward Cook". Olympedia. Retrieved 13 March 2021.

Olympic champions in men's pole vault

1896: William Hoyt (USA)

1900:

Irving Baxter (USA)

1904:

Charles Dvorak (USA)

1908:

Edward Cook (USA)
1908:

Alfred Gilbert (USA)

1912:

Harry Babcock (USA)

1920:

Frank Foss (USA)

1924:

Lee Barnes (USA)

1928:

Sabin Carr (USA)

1932:

Bill Miller (USA)

1936:

Earle Meadows (USA)

1948:

Guinn Smith (USA)

1952:

Bob Richards (USA)

1956:

Bob Richards (USA)

1960:

Don Bragg (USA)

1964:

Fred Hansen (USA)

1968:

Bob Seagren (USA)

1972:

Wolfgang Nordwig (GDR)

1976:

Tadeusz Ślusarski (POL)

1980:

Władysław Kozakiewicz (POL)

1984:

Pierre Quinon (FRA)

1988:

Sergey Bubka (URS)

1992:

Maksim Tarasov (EUN)

1996:

Jean Galfione (FRA)

2000:

Nick Hysong (USA)

2004:

Timothy Mack (USA)

2008:

Steve Hooker (AUS)

2012:

Renaud Lavillenie (FRA)

2016:

Thiago Braz da Silva (BRA)

2020:

Armand Duplantis (SWE)

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.

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