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...Gourdin's Exploits
...Americans offered in opposition E. O. Gourdin. Ned, the Harvard star, had broken the collegiate mark in the broad jump, winning the AAU title with a leap of 24 feet, 6 inches...
Perhaps the greatest performance in the series was Edwin Gourdin's world record-breaking broad jump of 25 feet, 3 inches at the Stadium in 1921. Gourdin, a Harvard senior, thus became the first man in history to jump 25 feet. That mark still stands as the meet and Harvard record...
Pole-vault--T. M. Ford '43, May 7, 1942. Height 13 feet., 11 3/4 in. Broadjump--E. O. Gourdin '21, July 13, 1921. Distance--25 ft., 3 in. High-jump R. Haydock, Jr., '39, May 15, 1937. Height--6 ft., 3 1/4 in. Javelin--R. C. Johnson '36, May 25, 1935. Distance--208 ft., 6 in. Discuss--J. H. Dean '34, May 19, 1934. Distance--157 ft., 7 3/4 in. Shot-put (16 lbs.)--H. P. Mendel '40, June 1, 1940. Distance--50 ft., 6 3/4 in. Hammer-throw (16 lbs.)--W. J. Shallow '40, May 20, 1939. Distance...
Edward O. Gourdin...