Frank Shea
Frank Shea | |
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| Born | March 19, 1894 |
| Died | August 6, 1978(aged 84) Harrisburg, Pennsylvania,United States |
| Known for | AAU champion, 440-yard dash (1917, 1919, 1920) NCAA champion, 440-yard dash (1921) |
Frank J. Shea(March 19, 1894 – August 6, 1978) was an American track and field athlete. While competing for theUniversity of Pittsburgh,he won the440-yard dashcompetition at theAmateur Athletic Unionchampionships in 1917, 1919 and 1920 and at the 1918IC4Ameet.[1][2][3]He also won the 440-yard dash at the firstNCAA track and field championshipsin1921with a time of 49 seconds.[4][5]
He was a member of the U.S. Olympic team at the1920 Summer OlympicsinAntwerp, Belgium,and narrowly missed winning a medal in two events.[6]In the 400-meters finals, Shea finished fourth after a three-way photo finish for the silver medal, as three runners (Guy Butler,Nils Engdahland Shea) finished with the same time of 49.9 seconds. In the four-by-400 meters relay race, Shea ran on the American relay team that finished in fourth place—one second behind the first-place British team and one-tenth of a second behind the third-place French team.[1]Shea's best time in the 440-yard race was 47.6 seconds in 1918.[1]In May 1922, Shea was appointed as the track coach at the University of Pittsburgh.[7]Shea died in 1978 atHarrisburg, Pennsylvania,at age 84.[1]
See also
[edit]- 1921 NCAA Men's Track and Field Championships
- Athletics at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metres
- Athletics at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay
References
[edit]- ^abcd"Frank Shea profile".Sports Reference: Olympic Sports. 2009-12-08. Archived fromthe originalon 2011-09-20.
- ^"Shea Vainly Tries to Lower Record: Pittsburgh Runner Wins, but Fails to Set New Mark Over 440 Yards".The New York Times.1918-06-19.
- ^"Shea Proves Star of Quaker Relays: Pittsburgh Quarter-Mile Champion Carries College to Front in Two Events"(PDF).The New York Times.1919-04-28.
- ^"Outdoor Track and Field Individual Champions, p. 10"(PDF).NCAA.Retrieved2009-12-07.[dead link]
- ^"Illinois First in Great Meet: Notre Dame Second in National Collegiate Contests".Ogden Standard-Examiner.1921-06-19.
- ^"Frank Shea".Olympedia.Retrieved8 July2021.
- ^"Will Succeed Kerr: Dr. Carison and Frank Shea Appointed to Coach at Pittsburgh".The New York Times.1922-05-17.
