Jim Golliday
- 100-yard dash
- 100 meters
- 200 meters
Jim Golliday was an American sprinter, specializing in the 100 yards and 100 meters events. He was the United States 100 yards champion in 1951.
Career
Originally a champion school football player at Wendell Phillips High School in Chicago, Golliday did not take track and field seriously until his senior year in 1949, winning the Illinois school's 100 yard title.[3]
As a student at Northwestern University, Golliday was USA champion in the 100 yard sprint in 1951.[4]
He was considered the favourite for the 100 meters title at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics[5] but injury denied him a chance to compete.[6]
A win in the 1952 NCAA 100 yards event showed he was in good early season form (10.4 s into a stiff wind[1]). However, the recurrence of a muscle injury suffered in a semi-final of the 1952 AAU meet meant that he hobbled out of his heat at the 1952 US Olympic Trials.[6] Lindy Remigino, the winner of 100 meters title at the 1952 Olympics, magnanimously stated that "of course, Jimmy Golliday was the favourite in the trials. I think he was the fastest of us all".[5]
In 1952 he entered the United States Army, and competed on service teams in Europe, before returning to the United States and Northwestern University in 1954.[3][7][8]
In 1955, he matched the world record for the 100 yards at 9.3 seconds.[7][9]
In 1956, he set an indoors world record for the 60 yards dash.,[10][11] but injury again denied him a chance to compete at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics.[6] He trailed in last in his semi-final of the 100 meters due to a muscle injury - another occurrence of the type of injury that plagued him throughout his career.[12]
After retirement, he lived in California selling insurance, before returning to Chicago because of ill health.[13]
He died in 1971, aged only 39. The cause of death was listed as pneumonia, a condition he suffered as a complication following surgery for ulcers at Downey Veterans Hospital in Illinois.[13]
World rankings
Golliday was ranked by Track and Field News as among the best in the US and the world in the 100 meters sprint event in the period from 1951 to 1955.[14][15]
Year | World rank | US rank |
---|---|---|
1951 | 1st | 1st |
1952 | 2nd | 2nd |
1953 | 7th | 5th |
1954 | 3rd | 2nd |
1955 | 1st | 1st |
References
- ^ a b c E L Quercetani & G Pallicca, A World History of Sprint Racing 1850-2005, p 74
- ^ E L Quercetani & G Pallicca, A World History of Sprint Racing 1850-2005, p 288.
- ^ a b https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1368&dat=19550814&id=RUYxAAAAIBAJ&sjid=6w8EAAAAIBAJ&pg=6021,7084496, Milwaukee Sentinel, August 14, 1955
- ^ "Track & Field News: A History of the Results of the National Track & Field Championships of the USA from 1876 Through 2003". Archived from the original on 2013-06-09. Retrieved 2012-06-17. A History Of The Results Of The National Track & Field Championships Of The USA From 1876 Through 2003, Track and Field News, Retrieved 3 February 2012
- ^ a b Duncanson N, The Fastest Men on Earth, p. 112
- ^ a b c http://www.legacy.usatf.org/statistics/champions/OlympicTrials/HistoryOfTheOlympicTrials.pdf The History of the United States Olympic Trials - Track & Field, R Hymans, USA Track & Field, 2008
- ^ a b "The Sunday News Journal - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Retrieved 2016-04-11.
- ^ Jet. Johnson Publishing Company. 1954-06-10.
- ^ Jet. Johnson Publishing Company. 1955-05-26.
- ^ "The Milwaukee Journal - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Retrieved 2016-04-11.
- ^ "The Age - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Retrieved 2016-04-11.
- ^ http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1132039/3/index.htm Sports Illustrated, 2 July 1956, Retrieved 9 February 2012.
- ^ a b "The Milwaukee Journal - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Archived from the original on 2016-04-01.
- ^ "World Rankings Index--Men's 100 meters" (PDF). Track and Field News. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-06-09. Retrieved 2012-02-05.
- ^ "U.S. Rankings Index--Men's 100 meters" (PDF). Track and Field News. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-06-09. Retrieved 2012-02-05.
Further reading
- Duncanson, Neil, "The Fastest Men on Earth", Andre Deutsch, 2011.
- R L Quercetani & G Pallicca, "A World History of Sprint Racing 1850-2005", SEP Editrice Srl, 2006.
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New York Athletic Club
- 1876: Charles McIvor
- 1877: William Wilmer
- 1878: Fred Saportas
NAAAA
- 1879: Beverly Value
- 1880-81: Lon Myers
- 1882-83: Arthur Waldron
- 1884-86ro: Malcolm Ford
- 1887: Charles Sherrill
- 1888Note 1: Fred Westing
Amateur Athletic Union
- 1888Note 1: Fred Westing
- 1889-90: John Owen
- 1891: Luther Cary
- 1892: Harry Jewett
- 1893: Charles Stage
- 1894: Tom Lee
- 1895-97: Bernie Wefers
- 1898: Frank Jarvis
- 1899: Arthur Duffey
- 1900: Maxie Long
- 1901: Frank Sears
- 1902: Pat Walsh
- 1903: Archie Hahn
- 1904: Lawson Robertson
- 1905: Charles Parsons
- 1906: Charles Seitz
- 1907: Harold Huff
- 1908: William Hamilton
- 1909: William Martin
- 1910: James Rosenberger
- 1911: Gwin Henry
- 1912-13: Howard Drew
- 1914-15: Jo Loomis
- 1916-17: Andy Ward
- 1918: Arthur Henke
- 1919: William Hayes
- 1920OT: Loren Murchison
- 1921: Charley Paddock
- 1922: Robert McAllister
- 1923: Loren Murchison
- 1924: Charley Paddock
- 1925: Frank Hussey
- 1926: Charley Borah
- 1927: Chester Bowman
- 1928OT: Frank Wykoff
- 1929-30: Eddie Tolan
- 1931: Frank Wykoff
- 1932OT: Ralph Metcalfe
- 1933-34: Ralph Metcalfe
- 1935: Eulace Peacock
- 1936: Jesse Owens
- 1937: Perrin Walker
- 1938: Ben Johnson
- 1939: Clyde Jeffrey
- 1940: Harold Davis
- 1941: Barney Ewell
- 1942-43: Harold Davis
- 1944: Buddy Young
- 1945: Barney Ewell
- 1946-47: Bill Mathis
- 1948: Barney Ewell
- 1949: Andy Stanfield
- 1950: Art Bragg
- 1951: Jim Golliday
- 1952: Dean Smith
- 1953-54: Art Bragg
- 1955-56: Bobby Morrow
- 1957: Leamon King
- 1958: Bobby Morrow
- 1959-60: Ray Norton
- 1961: Frank Budd
- 1962-64: Bob Hayes
- 1965: George Anderson
- 1966: Charles Greene
- 1967: Jim Hines
- 1968: Charles Greene
- 1969-70: Ivory Crockett
- 1971: Del Meriwether
- 1972: Robert Taylor
- 1973-74: Steve Williams
- 1975: Don Quarrie (JAM) * Steve Williams
- 1976: Chris Garpenborg (SWE) *Robert Woods
- 1977: Don Quarrie (JAM) * Steve Williams
- 1978: Clancy Edwards
- 1979: James Sanford
The Athletics Congress
- 1980: Stanley Floyd
- 1981-83: Carl Lewis
- 1984: Sam Graddy
- 1985: Kirk Baptiste
- 1986: Carl Lewis
- 1987: Mark Witherspoon
- 1988: Emmit King
- 1989: Leroy Burrell
- 1990: Carl Lewis
- 1991: Leroy Burrell
- 1992OT: Dennis Mitchell
USA Track & Field
- 1993: Andre Cason
- 1994: Dennis Mitchell
- 1995: Michael Marsh
- 1996OT: Dennis Mitchell
- 1997: Maurice Greene
- 1998: Tim Harden
- 1999: Dennis Mitchell
- 2000OT: Maurice Greene
- 2001: Bernard Williams
- 2002: Maurice Greene
- 2003: Bernard Williams
- 2004OT: Maurice Greene
- 2005: Justin Gatlin
- 2006-08OT: Tyson Gay
- 2009: Mike Rodgers
- 2010-11: Walter Dix
- 2012OT-13: Justin Gatlin
- 2014: Mike Rodgers
- 2015: Tyson Gay
- 2016OT: Justin Gatlin
- 2017: Justin Gatlin
- 2018: Noah Lyles
- 2019: Christian Coleman
- 20212020 OT: Trayvon Bromell
- 2022: Fred Kerley
- 2023: Cravont Charleston
- Note 1: In 1888 both the NAAAA and the AAU held championships
- OT: The 1920, 1928, 1932, and since 1992, 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.
- Distance:Until 1927 the event was over 100 yards, and again from 1929-31
- ro:In 1886 the event was won after a run-off