Egon Erickson
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "infobox".Template:Wikidata imageScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "Check for clobbered parameters". Egon R. Erickson (July 4, 1888 – January 20, 1973) was an American track and field athlete, a member of the Mott Haven Athletic Club, the Irish American Athletic Club and the New York City Police Department from 1911 until his retirement in 1939. At the time of his retirement, Erickson was attached to the Detective Bureau.[1]
Erickson competed in the 1912 Olympic Games in Stockholm, Sweden, in the high jump, tying with Jim Thorpe for the fourth place. He won the AAU title in 1909 (outdoor) and 1912 (indoor) and finished third in 1913 and 1916.[2]
References
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External links
- List of American athletes
- Winged Fist Organization
- Do You Remember - Erickson, early Bronx athlete, article by Bill Twomey in Bronx Times-Reporter, September 16–23, 2016, p. 57
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- 1888 births
- 1973 deaths
- Athletes from Gothenburg
- American male high jumpers
- Olympic track and field athletes for the United States
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1912 Summer Olympics
- New York City Police Department officers
- Swedish emigrants to the United States
- Track and field athletes from New York City
- 20th-century American sportsmen