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Harry Smith (runner)

January 01, 1970

This article is about the American marathon runner. For the Australian footballer, see Harry Smith (footballer, born 1916).
For other uses, see Harry Smith (disambiguation).

Harry James Smith[2][3] (July 30, 1888 – November 20, 1962) was an American long-distance runner.[4][5] He was most notable for competing in the 1912 Olympics in Stockholm.[6] He was also the father of Hart wrestling family matriarch Helen Hart and the father-in-law of Stu Hart.[7][8]

Harry Smith
Smith in 1911, holding a trophy.
Personal information
Birth nameHarry James Smith
NationalityAmerican
Born(1888-07-30)July 30, 1888
The Bronx, New York, United States
DiedNovember 20, 1962(1962-11-20) (aged 74)
Mitchell, Indiana, United States
Height5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[1]
Sport
SportLong-distance running
EventMarathon
ClubPastime Athletic Club

Early life edit

He was born in the Bronx, New York, and was of Irish descent.[9][10] Smith came from a relatively well off family[11] and had a brother named Frank. Both of them suffered from bipolar disorder.[11]

His athletic interest began when he was a child. At the age of 12 Smith was playing craps with some friends in an alley when a police officer spotted them and ran after them, attempting to arrest them for illegal gambling. The man caught all of them except Smith. Another day when the officer found Smith, the officer advised him to pursue competitive running.[11]

Career edit

He competed in the marathon for the United States at the 1912 Summer Olympics. He finished in 17th place.[12] He shared rooms with Jim Thorpe on the way to the Olympics.[9][13] Smith also ran the Boston Marathon 10 years in a row.[14] He finished 10th at the 1912 event with a time of 2:27:46.[15][16] He finished in the top three at the 1913 event.[16][17][18][19][20][21] Smith also participated in at least three Run for the Diamonds events.[22] Harry came in at third place in both 1911 and 1913.[23][24][25] He came first and won in 1912.[26][27] Smith was USA Outdoor Track & Field Champion 10000 m in 1912, a victory he shared with Hannes Kolehmainen.[28][29][30] Later in 1912 Smith won a race called the Union Settlement Road Race and was given a gold medal award, handed to him by congressman Amos Pinchot.[31][32] He won the Coney Island Derby Race in 1913.[33][34]

Smith refrained from competing in the fall of 1914 due to sore feet.[35] While in training Smith had a diet that had him consume little water and instead eat a lot of vegetables.[36] He was of the belief that a marathon runner should never look behind themself, as this throws off one's timing while running. He made an exception to this however when he once encountered Tom Longboat while in a race and exchanged a glance with him. This later became a story he would tell his five daughters.[37] Smith was a member and Captain of the Pastime Athletic Club.[38][39] Supposedly Smith was an early underground sports agent.[40] After his athletic career ended he became a sports columnist for The New York Tribune.[10][41]

Personal life edit

He was married to a Greek woman named Elizabeth "Ellie" Poulis.[9][42] Ellie's parents were from the town of Missolonghi, Aetolia-Acarnania. She was born on Ellis Island while her parents were in quarantine and waiting to be granted entry into the United States.[43] Ellie was a dancer and artist in her younger years.[43] Harry and Ellie were the parents of five girls, Helen, Diana, Patricia "Patsy", Elizabeth "Betty" and Joanie.[11][44]

Some time during the 1930s he was the victim of a hit-and-run accident which left him with permanent injury on one of his legs, he was bedridden for a long time and walked with a limp for the rest of his life.[10][45] This left the family in financial troubles. He and his wife helped raise their daughter, Helen Hart's oldest son Smith when she and her husband, Stu, suffered an automobile accident while she was pregnant with their second child, Bruce.[46] His daughter Diana married Jock Osler[47] descendant of Sir William Osler and his daughter Patsy married a man named Jack Forrest, who was the great great grandnephew of Nathan Bedford Forrest.[11]

Legacy edit

His granddaughter Diana Hart dedicated the fourth chapter, "Roots", in her book Under the Mat to discussing Smith's life. She also named her son Harry. The younger Harry is a professional wrestler.[48]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Hart, Diana; McLellan, Kirstie (2001). Under the Mat: Inside Wrestling's Greatest Family. Fenn. p. 15 pp. ISBN 1-55168-256-7.
  2. ^ "Stockholm 1912 marathon men – Olympic Athletics". www.olympic.org.
  3. ^ . sports-reference.com. April 15, 2017. Archived from the original on 15 April 2017.
  4. ^ "Smith Wins Over Big Field in Start Event". news.google.com. The Evening News. January 1, 1913.
  5. ^ "American olympic champions to take part in contest at Moscow and St. Petersburg". news.google.com. Berkeley Daily Gazette. July 19, 1912.
  6. ^ "Harry Smith". Olympedia. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  7. ^ Martha Hart; Eric Francis (2004). Broken Harts: The Life and Death of Owen Hart. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 37 pp. ISBN 978-1-59077-036-8.
  8. ^ "The Hart Family". Slam! Wrestling. Canadian Online Explorer. January 30, 2016. Archived from the original on 2012-07-28. Retrieved 2016-01-31.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  9. ^ a b c Hart, Diana; McLellan, Kirstie (2001). Under the Mat: Inside Wrestling's Greatest Family. Fenn. p. 16 pp. ISBN 1-55168-256-7.
  10. ^ a b c Heath McCoy (2007). Pain and Passion: The History of Stampede Wrestling. ECWPress. p. 30 pp. ISBN 978-1-55022-787-1.
  11. ^ a b c d e Hart, Diana; McLellan, Kirstie (2001). Under the Mat: Inside Wrestling's Greatest Family. Fenn. p. 17 pp. ISBN 1-55168-256-7.
  12. ^ . sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18. Retrieved 2012-10-05.
  13. ^ Ned Powers (1995-12-10). "Pro wrestling on Prairies owes it all to Stu Hart". hack-man.com.
  14. ^ Heath McCoy (2007). Pain and Passion: The History of Stampede Wrestling. ECWPress. p. 29 pp. ISBN 978-1-55022-787-1.
  15. ^ "Boston 2000". coolrunning.com. 12 January 2021.
  16. ^ a b "2014 Boston Marathon""Boston Marathon Yearly Synopses (1897–2013)". johnhancock.com.
  17. ^ Boston Marathon: the history of the world's premier running event. Human Kinetics. 1994. p. 65 pp. ISBN 0-87322-491-4.
  18. ^ Thomas C. Bennett. "Andrew Sockalexis, Olympic Marathoner from Maine" (PDF). pdf. Retrieved 2016-03-22.
  19. ^ "Annual Marathon Run". news.google.com. Boston Evening Transcript. April 17, 1913.
  20. ^ "Carlson Wins Marathon, Harry J. Smith of New York Took Third Place". news.google.com. Boston Evening Transcript. April 19, 1913.
  21. ^ Derderian, Tom (2017-03-14). Boston Marathon: Year-by-Year Stories of the World's Premier Running Event. ISBN 978-1-5107-2429-7.
  22. ^ "Claim Your Race History from 192,561,157 Race Results""Find Your Results". storage.athlinks.com.
  23. ^ "Hamilton and Montreal Runners Well Up in Early Stages of Boston Mrathon But Failed at Finish Heavy Going after Night of Rain". news.google.com. The Toronto Sunday World. April 20, 1913.
  24. ^ "1911 Run For The Diamonds Results""1911 Run For The Diamonds Results".
  25. ^ "1913 Run For The Diamonds Results""1913 Run For The Diamonds Results".
  26. ^ "Run for the Diamonds 9 Mile""Race Winners". arrs.run.
  27. ^ "1912 Run For The Diamonds Results""1912 Run For The Diamonds Results".
  28. ^ "USA Outdoor Track & Field Champions". usatf.org. Archived from the original on 2015-12-08.
  29. ^ Our Paper, Volym 29. Massachusetts Reformatory. 1913. p. 45 pp.
  30. ^ "The Des Moines Register from Des Moines, Iowa · Page 8". newspapers.com. The Des Moines Register. January 17, 1914.
  31. ^ The Summary, Volym 30–31. State Reformatory, 1912. 1912. p. 4 pp.
  32. ^ "The New York Times""Ten-Mile Champion WIns Pinchot Prize – Harry Smith Scores Another Victory in the Union Settlement Road Race". The New York Times. November 4, 2012. Retrieved June 21, 2020.
  33. ^ "The New York Times""Harry Smith First in Race – Bronx Athlete Easy Victor in Coney Island Derby". The New York Times. June 6, 1913. Retrieved June 21, 2020.
  34. ^ "Brooklyn Newsstand""The Brooklyn Daily Eagle from Brooklyn, New York · Page 20". Newspapers.com. 6 June 1913.
  35. ^ "Track and Field". news.google.com. The Pittsburgh Press. November 13, 1914.
  36. ^ "Drinks no water, yet Smith is best marathon runner in country". The Milwaukee Journal. December 29, 1912.
  37. ^ "Exhibiting our pride". Slam! Sports. Canadian Online Explorer. 2000-01-23. Archived from the original on January 7, 2017.
  38. ^ Pamela Cooper (1998). The American Marathon. Syracuse University Press. p. 50 pp. ISBN 0-8156-0573-0.
  39. ^ "The New York Times""Glencoe Road Race Results in a Tie – Harry Smith and Alexis Ahlgren Make a Dead Heat of the Ten-Mile Contest". The New York Times. May 1, 1911. Retrieved June 21, 2020.
  40. ^ Alan Katchen (2009). Abel Kiviat, National Champion Twentieth-Century Track & Field and the Melting Pot. Syracuse University Press. p. 168 pp. ISBN 978-0-8156-0939-1.
  41. ^ "Page 13". New-York Tribune. November 29, 1915.
  42. ^ Hart, Bret (2007). Hitman: My real life in the cartoon world of wrestling. Ebury Press. p. 8 pp. ISBN 978-0-09-193286-2.
  43. ^ a b Marsha Erb (2002). Stu Hart: Lord of the ring. ECWPress. p. 93 pp. ISBN 1-55022-508-1.
  44. ^ Heath McCoy (2007). Pain and Passion: The History of Stampede Wrestling. ECWPress. p. 27 pp. ISBN 978-1-55022-787-1.
  45. ^ Marsha Erb (2002). Stu Hart: Lord of the ring. ECWPress. p. 92 pp. ISBN 1-55022-508-1.
  46. ^ Heath McCoy (2007). Pain and Passion: The History of Stampede Wrestling. ECWPress. p. 37 pp. ISBN 978-1-55022-787-1.
  47. ^ Heath McCoy (2007). Pain and Passion: The History of Stampede Wrestling. ECWPress. p. 46 pp. ISBN 978-1-55022-787-1.
  48. ^ Hart, Diana; McLellan, Kirstie (2001). Under the Mat: Inside Wrestling's Greatest Family. Fenn. p. 15 pp. ISBN 1-55168-256-7.

Further reading edit

 
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This article is about the American marathon runner For the Australian footballer see Harry Smith footballer born 1916 For other uses see Harry Smith disambiguation Harry James Smith 2 3 July 30 1888 November 20 1962 was an American long distance runner 4 5 He was most notable for competing in the 1912 Olympics in Stockholm 6 He was also the father of Hart wrestling family matriarch Helen Hart and the father in law of Stu Hart 7 8 Harry SmithSmith in 1911 holding a trophy Personal informationBirth nameHarry James SmithNationalityAmericanBorn 1888 07 30 July 30 1888The Bronx New York United StatesDiedNovember 20 1962 1962 11 20 aged 74 Mitchell Indiana United StatesHeight5 ft 11 in 1 80 m 1 SportSportLong distance runningEventMarathonClubPastime Athletic Club Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Personal life 4 Legacy 5 See also 6 References 7 Further readingEarly life editHe was born in the Bronx New York and was of Irish descent 9 10 Smith came from a relatively well off family 11 and had a brother named Frank Both of them suffered from bipolar disorder 11 His athletic interest began when he was a child At the age of 12 Smith was playing craps with some friends in an alley when a police officer spotted them and ran after them attempting to arrest them for illegal gambling The man caught all of them except Smith Another day when the officer found Smith the officer advised him to pursue competitive running 11 Career editHe competed in the marathon for the United States at the 1912 Summer Olympics He finished in 17th place 12 He shared rooms with Jim Thorpe on the way to the Olympics 9 13 Smith also ran the Boston Marathon 10 years in a row 14 He finished 10th at the 1912 event with a time of 2 27 46 15 16 He finished in the top three at the 1913 event 16 17 18 19 20 21 Smith also participated in at least three Run for the Diamonds events 22 Harry came in at third place in both 1911 and 1913 23 24 25 He came first and won in 1912 26 27 Smith was USA Outdoor Track amp Field Champion 10000 m in 1912 a victory he shared with Hannes Kolehmainen 28 29 30 Later in 1912 Smith won a race called the Union Settlement Road Race and was given a gold medal award handed to him by congressman Amos Pinchot 31 32 He won the Coney Island Derby Race in 1913 33 34 Smith refrained from competing in the fall of 1914 due to sore feet 35 While in training Smith had a diet that had him consume little water and instead eat a lot of vegetables 36 He was of the belief that a marathon runner should never look behind themself as this throws off one s timing while running He made an exception to this however when he once encountered Tom Longboat while in a race and exchanged a glance with him This later became a story he would tell his five daughters 37 Smith was a member and Captain of the Pastime Athletic Club 38 39 Supposedly Smith was an early underground sports agent 40 After his athletic career ended he became a sports columnist for The New York Tribune 10 41 Personal life editHe was married to a Greek woman named Elizabeth Ellie Poulis 9 42 Ellie s parents were from the town of Missolonghi Aetolia Acarnania She was born on Ellis Island while her parents were in quarantine and waiting to be granted entry into the United States 43 Ellie was a dancer and artist in her younger years 43 Harry and Ellie were the parents of five girls Helen Diana Patricia Patsy Elizabeth Betty and Joanie 11 44 Some time during the 1930s he was the victim of a hit and run accident which left him with permanent injury on one of his legs he was bedridden for a long time and walked with a limp for the rest of his life 10 45 This left the family in financial troubles He and his wife helped raise their daughter Helen Hart s oldest son Smith when she and her husband Stu suffered an automobile accident while she was pregnant with their second child Bruce 46 His daughter Diana married Jock Osler 47 descendant of Sir William Osler and his daughter Patsy married a man named Jack Forrest who was the great great grandnephew of Nathan Bedford Forrest 11 Legacy editHis granddaughter Diana Hart dedicated the fourth chapter Roots in her book Under the Mat to discussing Smith s life She also named her son Harry The younger Harry is a professional wrestler 48 See also editList of people with bipolar disorderReferences edit Hart Diana McLellan Kirstie 2001 Under the Mat Inside Wrestling s Greatest Family Fenn p 15 pp ISBN 1 55168 256 7 Stockholm 1912 marathon men Olympic Athletics www olympic org Harry Smith Bio Stats and Results Olympics at Sports Reference com sports reference com April 15 2017 Archived from the original on 15 April 2017 Smith Wins Over Big Field in Start Event news google com The Evening News January 1 1913 American olympic champions to take part in contest at Moscow and St Petersburg news google com Berkeley Daily Gazette July 19 1912 Harry Smith Olympedia Retrieved 21 April 2021 Martha Hart Eric Francis 2004 Broken Harts The Life and Death of Owen Hart Rowman amp Littlefield p 37 pp ISBN 978 1 59077 036 8 The Hart Family Slam Wrestling Canadian Online Explorer January 30 2016 Archived from the original on 2012 07 28 Retrieved 2016 01 31 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint unfit URL link a b c Hart Diana McLellan Kirstie 2001 Under the Mat Inside Wrestling s Greatest Family Fenn p 16 pp ISBN 1 55168 256 7 a b c Heath McCoy 2007 Pain and Passion The History of Stampede Wrestling ECWPress p 30 pp ISBN 978 1 55022 787 1 a b c d e Hart Diana McLellan Kirstie 2001 Under the Mat Inside Wrestling s Greatest Family Fenn p 17 pp ISBN 1 55168 256 7 Harry Smith Olympic Results sports reference com Archived from the original on 2020 04 18 Retrieved 2012 10 05 Ned Powers 1995 12 10 Pro wrestling on Prairies owes it all to Stu Hart hack man com Heath McCoy 2007 Pain and Passion The History of Stampede Wrestling ECWPress p 29 pp ISBN 978 1 55022 787 1 Boston 2000 coolrunning com 12 January 2021 a b 2014 Boston Marathon Boston Marathon Yearly Synopses 1897 2013 johnhancock com Boston Marathon the history of the world s premier running event Human Kinetics 1994 p 65 pp ISBN 0 87322 491 4 Thomas C Bennett Andrew Sockalexis Olympic Marathoner from Maine PDF pdf Retrieved 2016 03 22 Annual Marathon Run news google com Boston Evening Transcript April 17 1913 Carlson Wins Marathon Harry J Smith of New York Took Third Place news google com Boston Evening Transcript April 19 1913 Derderian Tom 2017 03 14 Boston Marathon Year by Year Stories of the World s Premier Running Event ISBN 978 1 5107 2429 7 Claim Your Race History from 192 561 157 Race Results Find Your Results storage athlinks com Hamilton and Montreal Runners Well Up in Early Stages of Boston Mrathon But Failed at Finish Heavy Going after Night of Rain news google com The Toronto Sunday World April 20 1913 1911 Run For The Diamonds Results 1911 Run For The Diamonds Results 1913 Run For The Diamonds Results 1913 Run For The Diamonds Results Run for the Diamonds 9 Mile Race Winners arrs run 1912 Run For The Diamonds Results 1912 Run For The Diamonds Results USA Outdoor Track amp Field Champions Men s 10 000 m usatf org Archived from the original on 2015 12 08 Our Paper Volym 29 Massachusetts Reformatory 1913 p 45 pp The Des Moines Register from Des Moines Iowa Page 8 newspapers com The Des Moines Register January 17 1914 The Summary Volym 30 31 State Reformatory 1912 1912 p 4 pp The New York Times Ten Mile Champion WIns Pinchot Prize Harry Smith Scores Another Victory in the Union Settlement Road Race The New York Times November 4 2012 Retrieved June 21 2020 The New York Times Harry Smith First in Race Bronx Athlete Easy Victor in Coney Island Derby The New York Times June 6 1913 Retrieved June 21 2020 Brooklyn Newsstand The Brooklyn Daily Eagle from Brooklyn New York Page 20 Newspapers com 6 June 1913 Track and Field news google com The Pittsburgh Press November 13 1914 Drinks no water yet Smith is best marathon runner in country The Milwaukee Journal December 29 1912 Exhibiting our pride Slam Sports Canadian Online Explorer 2000 01 23 Archived from the original on January 7 2017 Pamela Cooper 1998 The American Marathon Syracuse University Press p 50 pp ISBN 0 8156 0573 0 The New York Times Glencoe Road Race Results in a Tie Harry Smith and Alexis Ahlgren Make a Dead Heat of the Ten Mile Contest The New York Times May 1 1911 Retrieved June 21 2020 Alan Katchen 2009 Abel Kiviat National Champion Twentieth Century Track amp Field and the Melting Pot Syracuse University Press p 168 pp ISBN 978 0 8156 0939 1 Page 13 New York Tribune November 29 1915 Hart Bret 2007 Hitman My real life in the cartoon world of wrestling Ebury Press p 8 pp ISBN 978 0 09 193286 2 a b Marsha Erb 2002 Stu Hart Lord of the ring ECWPress p 93 pp ISBN 1 55022 508 1 Heath McCoy 2007 Pain and Passion The History of Stampede Wrestling ECWPress p 27 pp ISBN 978 1 55022 787 1 Marsha Erb 2002 Stu Hart Lord of the ring ECWPress p 92 pp ISBN 1 55022 508 1 Heath McCoy 2007 Pain and Passion The History of Stampede Wrestling ECWPress p 37 pp ISBN 978 1 55022 787 1 Heath McCoy 2007 Pain and Passion The History of Stampede Wrestling ECWPress p 46 pp ISBN 978 1 55022 787 1 Hart Diana McLellan Kirstie 2001 Under the Mat Inside Wrestling s Greatest Family Fenn p 15 pp ISBN 1 55168 256 7 Further reading edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Harry J Smith marathon runner Hart Diana Under the Mat Inside pro wrestlings greatest family Fenn ISBN 1 55168 256 7 McCoy Heath 2007 Pain and Passion The History of Stampede Wrestling ECWPress pp 307pp ISBN 978 1 55490 299 6 ISBN 978 1 55022 787 1 Erb Marsha Stu Hart Lord of the ring ECWPress ISBN 1 55022 508 1 Katchen Alan 2007 Abel Kiviat National Champion Twentieth Century Track amp Field and the Melting Pot Syracuse University Press pp 307pp ISBN 978 0 8156 0939 1 ISBN 0 8156 0939 6 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Harry Smith runner amp oldid 1202505277, 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