Fred Wolcott

Fred Arrington Wolcott
Personal information
Nationality	American
Born	(1915-11-28)November 28, 1915 Snyder, Texas
Died	January 26, 1972(1972-01-26) (aged 56)
Sport
Sport	Running
Event(s)	110 metres hurdles, 200 metres hurdles

Fred Wolcott (November 28, 1915 - January 26, 1972) is a former American track and field athlete who was United States champion and world record holder in the sprint hurdles events in the late 1930s and early 1940s.

Track career

After graduating from Snyder High School in Texas, Wolcott attended Rice University where he ran for its track team, the 'Rice Owls'.

Because of the outbreak of the Second World War, Wolcott was denied Olympic glory.^[1] However, as well as running world record times (see below), he was AAU (United States national) champion seven times, NCAA (United States collegiate) champion five times, and also won, and 10 Southwest Conference (SWC) college gold medals (see below). ^[2]

At the peak of his career, he was considered the United States premier hurdler.^[3]

Championship Victories

Wolcott achieved the following in the AAU (United States national) championships^[4]^[5]

champion at the 110 meters hurdles in 1938, 1940 and 1941 (he was also second in 1939 to Joe Batiste);
champion at the 220 yards hurdles in 1938, 1939, 1940 and 1941.

Wolcott recorded the following victories at the NCAA (USA collegiate) championships^[4]^[6]

champion at 120 yards hurdles in 1938 and 1939 (he was also second in 1940 to Ed Dugger);
champion at 220 yards hurdles in 1938, 1939 and 1940.

World Records

Wolcott achieved the following world records during his track career:^[7]

120 y/110 m hurdles of 13.7 s in Philadelphia on 20 June 1941;
200 m/220 y hurdles (straight course) of 22.3/22.5 s in Princeton on 8 June 1940.

He also ran the following world best times that were never ratified by the sport's governing body, the IAAF:

120 y hurdles of 13.7 in Austin, Texas on 3 May 1940;
200 m hurdles (with turn) of 22.9 s in Lincoln, Nebraska on 4 July 1939.

Accolades and awards

In 1970, Wolcott was one of the inaugural group of inductees into the Rice Athletics Hall of Fame.^[8]

In 2005, Wolcott was induced into the into the USA Track and Field Hall of Fame.^[9]

Wolcott has also been inducted into the:

Texas Sports Hall of Fame in 1958;^[2]
Big Country Athletic Hall of Fame;^[10]
Snyder Athletic Hall of Fame in 2005.^[11]

References

↑ Dave Devine. "1940 Olympics". Tucson Weekly. Retrieved April 5, 2015.
1 2 "Wolcott, Fred". Texas Sports Hall of Fame. Retrieved April 5, 2015.
↑ "Indoor Track Opens at Boston, Fred Wolcott wins sprint and hurdles". Eugene Register-Guard. January 12, 1940. Retrieved April 5, 2015.
1 2 "Wolcott Elected to National Track & Field Hall of Fame". Rice Owls. November 4, 2005.
↑ "A History Of The Results Of The National Track & Field Championships Of The USA From 1876 Through 2014". Track and Field News.
↑ "A History Of The NCAA Championships, 1921–2014". Track and Field News.
↑ Progression of IAAF World Records 2011 Edition, Editor Imre Matrahazi, IAAF Athletics, p 534.
↑ "Rice Athletic Hall of Fame". Rice Owls. Retrieved April 5, 2015.
↑ "Fred Wolcott". USA Track and Field.
↑ "Wolott, Fred". Big Country Athletic Hall of Fame. Retrieved April 5, 2015.
↑ "Fred Wolcott - (1915-1972)". Snyder Hall of Honor. Retrieved April 6, 2015.

US National Championship winners in men's 110 m/120 yd hurdles

1876–1878 New York Athletic Club	1876: George Hitchcock 1877–78: Edwards Ficken

1879–1888 NAAAA	1879: Edward Haigh 1880: H.H. Moritz 1881–82: James Tivey (GBR) 1883–84: Silas Safford 1885–87: Alexander Jordan 1888^{Note 1}: Al Copland

1888–1979 Amateur Athletic Union	1888^{Note 1}: Alexander Jordan 1889: George Schwegler 1890: Fred Ducharme 1891: Al Copland 1892–93: Fred Puffer 1894–95: Stephen Chase 1896: William Rogers 1897: John Thompson 1898–99: Alvin Kraenzlein 1900: Ralph Hutchinson 1901: Walter Fishleigh 1902: R.H. Hadfield 1903: Frederick Schule 1904: Frank Castleman 1905: Hugo Friend 1906: William Armstrong 1907: Forrest Smithson 1908: Arthur Shaw 1909: Forrest Smithson 1910: John Case 1911: Arthur Shaw 1912: John Nicholson 1913: Fred Kelly 1914: Harry Goelitz 1915: Feg Murray 1916: Robert Simpson 1917: Harold Barron 1918: Earl Thomson (CAN) 1919: Robert Simpson 1920: Harold Barron 1921–22: Earl Thomson (CAN) 1923: Karl Anderson 1924: Ivan Riley 1925: George Guthrie 1926: Leighton Dye 1927: Chuck Werner 1928–30: Steve Anderson 1931: Percy Beard 1932: Jack Keller 1933: John Morriss 1934–35: Percy Beard 1936: Forrest Towns 1937: Allan Tolmich 1938: Fred Wolcott 1939: Joe Batiste 1940–41: Fred Wolcott 1942–43: Bill Cummins 1944: Owen Cassidy 1945: Charles Morgan 1946–47: Harrison Dillard 1948: William Porter 1949: Craig Dixon 1950–51: Dick Attlesey 1952: Harrison Dillard 1953–54: Jack Davis 1955: Milt Campbell 1956–57: Lee Calhoun 1958: Hayes Jones 1959: Lee Calhoun 1960–61: Hayes Jones 1962: Jerry Tarr 1963–64: Hayes Jones 1965–67: Willie Davenport 1968: Earl McCullouch 1969: Willie Davenport & Leon Coleman 1970: Thomas Hill 1971–72: Rod Milburn 1973: Thomas Hill 1974: Charles Foster 1975: Jerry Wilson 1976: Thomas Hill 1977: James Owens & Charles Foster 1978–79: Renaldo Nehemiah

1980–1992 The Athletics Congress	1980: Renaldo Nehemiah 1981: Greg Foster 1982: Willie Gault 1983: Greg Foster 1984: Tonie Campbell 1985: Roger Kingdom 1986–87: Greg Foster 1988–90: Roger Kingdom 1991: Greg Foster 1992: Jack Pierce

1993–present USA Track & Field	1993: Jack Pierce 1994: Mark Crear 1995: Roger Kingdom 1996–97: Allen Johnson 1998: Reggie Torian 1999: Mark Crear 2000–03: Allen Johnson 2004: Terrence Trammell 2005: Allen Johnson 2006: Dominique Arnold 2007: Terrence Trammell 2008: David Oliver 2009: David Payne 2010–11: David Oliver 2012: Aries Merritt 2013: Ryan Wilson 2014: Devon Allen 2015: David Oliver 2016: Devon Allen

Notes	Note 1: In 1888 both the NAAAA and the AAU held championships 120 yd hurdles 1876–1927, 1929–31, 1953–55, 1957–58, 1961–63, 1965–67 and 1969–71; 110 m hurdles otherwise. First place was shared in 1969 and 1977. The 1920, 1928, 1932, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2016 championships incorporated the Olympic Trials, otherwise held as a discrete event.

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