Evelyne Hall
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Born | September 10, 1909 Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. | |||||||||||
Died | April 20, 1993 (aged 83) Oceanside, California, U.S. | |||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 6 in (167 cm) | |||||||||||
Weight | 128 lb (58 kg) | |||||||||||
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Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||
Event | 80 metres hurdles | |||||||||||
Club | Illinois Women's Athletic Club | |||||||||||
Achievements and titles | ||||||||||||
Personal best | 11.7 (1932)[1][2] | |||||||||||
Medal record
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Evelyne Ruth Hall (née Davidson, later Adams, later Butler; September 10, 1909 – April 20, 1993) was an American hurdler. She won the AAU title outdoors (80 m) in 1930 and indoors (50 m) in 1931, 1933, 1935. At the 1932 Olympics she earned a silver medal in the 80 m, losing in controversial fashion to Mildred Didrikson (1). She placed fourth at the 1936 U.S. Olympic Trials and did not qualify.[1][3]
After retiring from competitions, Hall worked as a coach and instructor of physical education. She prepared the first American women's athletics team for the 1951 Pan American Games, and for several years headed the U.S. Olympic women's track and field committee. She also worked as a supervisor of the Glendale parks and recreation department.[1][3]
In an interview on November 11, 1991, at the age of 82, Adams claimed to be the "oldest living American Olympic medalist".[4] Given the source of this claim it may be that she was referring to track and field athletes only.
References
- ^ a b c Evelyne Hall. Sports-reference.com
- ^ Evelyne Hall Archived August 7, 2017, at the Wayback Machine. trackfield.brinkster.net
- ^ a b Evelyne Hall (Adams) Archived April 8, 2018, at the Wayback Machine. USATF Hall of Fame
- ^ Louise Mead Tricard (January 1, 1996). American Women's Track and Field: A History, 1895 Through 1980. McFarland. pp. 201–. ISBN 978-0-7864-0219-9.
1. Paul Soifer, "A Tale of Two Women: Babe Didrikson, Lillian Copeland, and the Women's Discus at the 1932 Olympic Games," Southern California Quarterly 78, no. 3 (Fall 1996), pp. 251–252.
External links
Media related to Evelyne Hall at Wikimedia Commons
- Evelyne Hall (Adams) at the USATF Hall of Fame (archived)
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Amateur Athletic Union
- 1923–4: Hazel Kirk
- 1925–9: Helen Filkey
- 1930: Evelyne Hall
- 1931–2: Babe Didrikson
- 1933: Simone Schaller
- 1934: Not held
- 1935: Jean Hiller
- 1936: Anne O'Brien
- 1937: Cora Gaines
- 1938–9: Marie Cortell
- 1940: Sybil Cooper
- 1941: Lelia Perry
- 1942: Lillie Purifoy
- 1943: Nancy Cowperthwaite
- 1944–5: Lillie Purifoy
- 1946–7: Nancy Cowperthwaite
- 1948–9: Bernice Robinson
- 1950: Evelyn Lawler
- 1951: Nancy C. Phillips
- 1952: Constance Darnowski
- 1953: Nancy Phillips
- 1954: Constance Darnowski
- 1955 Bertha Diaz (CUB) * Barbara Mueller
- 1956 Bertha Diaz (CUB) * Shirley Eckel
- 1957: Shirley Crowder
- 1958: Not held
- 1959: Shirley Crowder
- 1960: JoAnn Grissom
- 1961–2: Cherrie Parrish
- 1963–4: Rosie Bonds
- 1965–6: Cherrie Sherrard
- 1967–8: Mamie Rallins
- 1969: Chi Cheng (TPE) * Mamie Rallins
- 1970: Mamie Rallins
- 1971: Patty Johnson
- 1972: Mamie Rallins
- 1973–4: Patty Johnson
- 1975–6: Jane Frederick
- 1977: Patty Van Wolvelaere
- 1978–9: Deby LaPlante
The Athletics Congress
- 1980–2: Stephanie Hightower
- 1983: Benita Fitzgerald
- 1984: Stephanie Hightower
- 1985: Rhonda Blanford
- 1986: Benita Fitzgerald-Brown
- 1987: LaVonna Martin
- 1988: Kim McKenzie
- 1989: Lynda Tolbert
- 1990: LaVonna Martin
- 1991–2: Gail Devers
USA Track & Field
- 1993: Lynda Tolbert
- 1994: Jackie Joyner-Kersee
- 1995–6: Gail Devers
- 1997: Melissa Morrison
- 1998: Cheryl Dickey
- 1999–2004: Gail Devers
- 2005: Michelle Perry
- 2006–7: Virginia Powell
- 2008: Lolo Jones
- 2009: Dawn Harper
- 2010: Lolo Jones
- 2011: Kellie Wells
- 2012: Dawn Harper
- 2013: Brianna Rollins
- 2014–5: Dawn Harper Nelson
- 2016: Brianna Rollins
- 2017–9: Kendra Harrison
- 20212020 OT: Kendra Harrison
- OT: 1932, and since 1992, championships incorporated the Olympic Trials in Olympic years, 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:The event was over 60 yards until 1928, 80 meters 1929-1968
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