Herbert Kerrigan
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Herbert William Kerrigan (January 24, 1879 – September 10, 1959) was an American track and field athlete who competed mainly in the high jump.
Biography
He was born in Portland, Oregon[1] and died in San Francisco.
Kerrigan competed for the Multnomah Athletic Club in Portland and won the Pacific Northwest high jump championships in 1894 and 1896.[1] In the 1906 Intercalated Games held in Athens, Greece, Kerrigan won the bronze medal jointly with Greek athlete Themistoklis Diakidis. Kerrigan had been favored to win, but was injured by a wave that hit the ship carrying the U.S. team to Athens.[2][3] The winning height of Script error: No such module "convert". was the lowest winning height in Olympic history.[2]
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- 1879 births
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- American male high jumpers
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1906 Intercalated Games
- Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in track and field
- Track and field athletes from Oregon
- Medalists at the 1906 Intercalated Games
- 20th-century American sportsmen