John Craft

American triple jumper

John Melvin Craft (born March 24, 1947, in Laurel, Mississippi) is an American former triple jumper who placed 5th in the Men's triple jump at the 1972 Summer Olympics.[1] He attended Eastern Illinois University and graduated in 1969 and 1974. Craft also served as assistant coach at Eastern until 2002.

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "John Craft". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 15 December 2012. Retrieved 19 May 2012.
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Eastern Illinois Panthers athletic directors
  • Charles Lantz (1911–1952)
  • John W. Masley (1952–1964)
  • Tom Katsimpalis (1964–1974)
  • Mike Mullally (1974–1979)
  • Ron Paap # (1980)
  • Joan Schmidt # (1980)
  • R. C. Johnson (1980–1988)
  • Joan Schmidt # (1988–1989)
  • Mike Ryan (1989–1993)
  • John Craft # (1994)
  • Bob McBee (1994–1996)
  • Lou Hencken # (1996–1997)
  • Rich McDuffie (1997–2007)
  • Barbara Burke (2008–2014)
  • Tom Michael (2014– )

# denotes interim athletic director

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US National Champions in men's triple jump
1888-1979
Amateur Athletic Union
  • 1893: Edward Bloss
  • 1894-1908: Not held
  • 1909: Frank Irons
  • 1910–11: Dan Ahearn
  • 1912: Platt Adams
  • 1913–18: Dan Ahearn
  • 1919-20: Sherman Landers
  • 1921: Kaufman Geist
  • 1922-23: DeHart Hubbard
  • 1924-25: Homer Martin
  • 1926-28: Levi Casey
  • 1929: Robert Kelley
  • 1930: Levi Casey
  • 1931: Robert Kelley
  • 1932: Sidney Bowman
  • 1933: Nathan Blair
  • 1934: Dudley Wilkins
  • 1935: Rolland Romero
  • 1936–37: Billy Brown
  • 1938–39: Herschel Neil
  • 1940–43: Billy Brown
  • 1944: Don Barksdale
  • 1945: Burton Cox
  • 1946: Ralph Tate
  • 1947: Bob Beckus
  • 1948–51: Gay Bryan
  • 1952: Walter Ashbaugh
  • 1953: George Shaw
  • 1954: Claudio Cabreja (CUB) * Pat Lochiatto
  • 1955: Victor Hernandez (CUB) *Bill Sharpe
  • 1956: Willie Hollie
  • 1957: Bill Sharpe
  • 1958–60: Ira Davis
  • 1961–62: Bill Sharpe
  • 1963: Kent Floerke
  • 1964: Christos Mousiadis (GRE) * Ira Davis
  • 1965–66: Art Walker
  • 1967: Charles Craig
  • 1968: Art Walker
  • 1969: John Craft
  • 1970: Milan Tiff
  • 1971–74: John Craft
  • 1975: Anthony Terry
  • 1976: Tommy Haynes
  • 1977: Milan Tiff
  • 1978: James Butts
  • 1979: Ron Livers
1980-1992
The Athletics Congress
1993-onwards
USA Track & Field
Notes
  • 2020 OT: The 2020 Olympic Trials were delayed and held in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Qualification
  • 1972 United States Olympic trials (track and field)
Men's
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Men's
field athletes
Women's
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Women's
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Coaches
  • Bill Bowerman (men's head coach)
  • Ted Haydon (men's assistant coach)
  • Hoover Wright (men's assistant coach)
  • Stan Wright (men's assistant coach)
  • Nell Jackson (women's head coach)
  • Randall Lambert (women's assistant coach)
  • Ron Sorkness (women's assistant coach)


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