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American athlete (1906?1974)
James Bausch
Bausch in 1931
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Birth name
| James Aloysius Bernard Bausch
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Born
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1906-03-29
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March 29, 1906
Marion, South Dakota
, U.S.
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Died
| July 9, 1974
(1974-07-09)
(aged 68)
Hot Springs, Arkansas
, U.S.
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Height
| 188 cm (6 ft 2 in)
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Weight
| 95 kg (209 lb)
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American football player
American football career
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Position:
| Halfback
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Height:
| 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
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Weight:
| 200 lb (91 kg)
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High school:
| Wichita Cathedral
(
Wichita, Kansas
)
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College:
| Kansas
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Sport
| Athletics
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Event
| Decathlon
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Club
| Kansas City Athletic Club
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Personal
best(s)
| PV ? 4.05 m (1930)
SP ? 15.33 m (1932)
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James Aloysius Bernard Bausch
(March 29, 1906 ? July 9, 1974), also known as
"Jarring Jim"
, was an American athlete who competed mainly in the
decathlon
.
Bausch grew up in and attended school in
Garden Plain, Kansas
, before finishing and graduating from Cathedral High School in
Wichita, Kansas
, and went to college at the
University of Kansas
, where he starred in
football
and
basketball
. He competed for the United States in the
1932 Summer Olympics
held in
Los Angeles
in the decathlon. Bausch only placed fifth after the first day, but splendid performances in the discus throw and pole vault helped him to build an insurmountable lead and win the gold medal over the heavily favored
Finnish athlete
Akilles Jarvinen
.
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Bausch played college football at the Municipal University of Wichita, now known as
Wichita State University
, and the
University of Kansas
. He was inducted into the
College Football Hall of Fame
in 1954.
[4]
Bausch also played professional football as a
halfback
in the
National Football League
(NFL) for the
Chicago Cardinals
and
Cincinnati Reds
.
[5]
After retiring from competitions, Bausch tried a career as a nightclub singer before becoming an insurance salesman. During
World War II
, while serving with the U.S. Navy in the Pacific, he contracted
osteomyelitis
, and the associated pain resulted in alcoholism. Bausch eventually overcame both problems, and in his later years helped other osteomyelitis patients.
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All-around
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Pentathlon
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Decathlon
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1915?1979
Amateur Athletic Union
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1980?1992
The Athletics Congress
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1993-onwards
USA Track & Field
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Notes
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- The 1920, 1928, 1932, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2016 championships incorporated the Olympic Trials, otherwise held as a discrete event.
- 2020 OT
: The 2020 Olympic Trials were delayed and held in 2021 due to the
COVID-19 pandemic
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Qualification
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Men's track
and road athletes
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Men's field athletes
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Women's track athletes
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Women's field athletes
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Non-competing relay pool members
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Coaches
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