Harry Hillman (1881-1945)

1. Olympic Gold medals — 3 in 1904 — St. Louis
2. Coached at Dartmouth 35 years, 1910 – 1945
3. Died in 1945 — how?
4. Coached in the Olympics
5. set a world record in 3-legged-race, in 1909, 11.0 100 yards with Lawson Robertson
6. designed a fast track; designed a better hurdle
7. Track Hall of Fame
8. His son was a great skier and P.O.W.
9. Donated his medals to Dartmouth (his daughter did)
10. joined a National Guard regiment in Brooklyn to train
11. made a scrapbook that someone is reading 109 years later

In my file
1. 02/04/03 letter from Don Burnham, 4 pages
2. 03/06/03 letter from Don Burnham
3. tear sheet from Dartmouth Alumni Magazine with notes:
a. according to Michelle from Alumni Records (603) 646-2253, the son died on 04/13/92
b. Don Wheaton ’39 — nephew (828) 894-(XXXX)? Columbus(?), NC?
c. “Susan”, Cynthia and “Hallie”
d. Phil Crunnervelt — alumni records — (603) 646-0538? helped me with contacting the nephew. Recommends switchboard.com
e. 724 Bentley Village, Naples, FL 34110?
f. Did I speak with Jack Faunce 1940 re Hillman’s survivors?
“Trinka”, Canton, CT, (860) 693-XXXX Check my phone records?
5. Hillman resume via Burnham
6. Mile Progress Chart supplied by Burnham:
Gunder Haegg, 1945, 4:01.4
7. excerpt from NYAC history, supplied by Burnham, re gold watch incident, 1905
8. Burnham c.v. 4 pages (1996)
including 28 article cited he wrote on psychology 1955-1996
9. my notes on Burnham interview from 01-13-03
10. receipt for $XXX for scrapbook from Resser-Thorner Antiques
11. January note to Burnham after interview
12. xerox of photo of Hillman and Burnham, circa 1940
13. xerox of display case photo + 3-legged race photo
14. my notes from November, going thru SID files
“1,000 prizes, 50 titles”
“Company C, old 13th, Putnament Sonner(?)
“fire, 1944” article on fire
Brooklyn High School for Boys
NYAC “Star AC Brooklyn”
Mason (?)
Dick Whiting (603) 863-6067
15. Keith Peters, 12/18/02
16. John Klein ’52 re camp
17. Joel Platt 01/23/03
18. article ms “Three-legged Race: Oddity or ritual or both” by Burnham and Weinstein 1994 unpublished 19pp 5,000 words
19. article from Ed Burns ’85 1985 Sports Illustrated on ancient Olympics
20. phone numbers, per 3., above
H.Q. Hillman (239) 254-XXXX (Susane)
Harold Hillman (941) 761-XXXX
Har J Hillman (727) 896-XXXX
possible descendants of Hillman from switchboard.com: FL 01/03
21. query response from Sean Plottner 12/02
22. Wallin notes 03/06/03 cf Frank Zarnowski (301) 646-XXXX reference on track history
cf Cornelia Wallin (603) 646-3713
23. interview with Dick Whiting ’40 — also an athlete
24. John Herdersheft of Track and Field news (650) 948-8417 re Roberto Queratamis book John Hendershott
25. macdisc@iccas.com is this Mac Wilkins? Bob McKay, reference to 3-legged-race in AAU book, 1940
26. emails: Crumpacker, Chapin
27. Gregorian, Vaje

Sources
1. College archives Barbara Krieger and Cornelia Wallin
2. SID office files Cathy Slattery
3. Quercetani book – track and field news
4. Zarnofski book
5. Koop?
6. Wallchinsky?
7. NYAC
8. Brooklyn Boys School
9. Stanford Invitational Meet
10. Vin Lannana
11. Gene Bokor, 1948 thesis
12. the book (scrap book)
13. Ripley
14. Guinness
15. Chariots of Fire (film)
16. Jim Thorpe story
17. Gangs of New York (Daniel Day Lewis story about New York gangs, 1880 or only 25 years or so before Hillman started running)
18. SuperStars TV reality show
19. April 24, 1909 depicted in 1918 Ripley drawing: champs or chumps
20. Carey Heckman ’76 06/23/03
a. never heard of him; b. recommends Jere Daniell; c. has book on early years of Dartmouth sports published in 1903
21. Don Lucas?

Oxford Companion to World Sports and Games, Artoff (London, 1975) p. 1094 Tossing the Weight
Part of Highland Games
weight is a metal sphere with a chain and ring attached weighing together 56 lbs, to achieve height and distance. In 1969 Anderson tossed a height of 15 ft 7 inches (4.75 m) the best ever achieved. He also holds the distance record of 41 ft, 11 inch (12.77)
coach wallin had said something as an aside about the world records, some not contested, that the best man in his wedding held a weight throw record

p509 hurdling, first instance of a 120 yard course, 1864 Oxford University sports, (sheep hurdles 3’6″) regulation 8 lb toppling mount 1932 IAAF rules

p31 three timekeepers necessary for valid or submitted for ratification of records, photo-finish, since 1964 Olympics

echelon or staggered starts: 200 meters+ 800 meters

Gunder Hagg (1918 -??)
1945 held the world record 4:01.4 until Bannister broke it in 1954
disqualified for professionalism
also held 5K records, 1942-1954

shot put is 16 lb

The Olympic Games, Barry Hugerman and Peter Arnold
Facts on File, 1988 (New York)
56 lb 1904 and 1920 only 2 competitions (competitors?) in this event
Hugman sources:
NY Herald 1904
Chicago Daily Tribune 1904
The Olympic Games 1904 by CJP Lucas and E.B. Woodward (1905) (available on internet)
describes Hillman grimacing veins bulging in neck, wins by one yard
track is one-third of a mile, 200 yard across infield

Spaldings Olympic Games of 1906 by J.E. Sullivan 1906
Track and Field News 1948-1984
The Games M. Brant 1980

05/01/03
Don Burnham must film!!! must meet!!
Reggie Williams
Boys and Girls — shoot the film there?
Andy Shue
John Paye
Superstars
Fox Sports Network
Neil Pilson ’89P/Dana Pilson ’89
Stacy Livingston
Henry Livingston Hillman
Meisue Fencos / Fernandez
Dartmouth student I met at depot (I did meet a Dartmouth undergrad in Hanover who said she was from Brooklyn and had attended Brooklyn Boys and Girls, the same school that Hillman had attended 100 years prior)

I surfed the web, 12 – 1:30 a.m. — approx 2.0 hours
Elisabeth Thompson?
Coen Brother — “funny charming sports documentary”
Good funny sports film
Steve White (cal sports?)

1908 Ostay Ewry, London, vertical high jump
2. standing long jump – Ewry 3. makdkdkg 4. marathon
Dionde Pietra falls at finish, wrong way, collapse Johnny Mills got gold
given a trophy for great sportsmanship Alexandria

The first 90 Years: Olympic Gold Medal winners 40 min Best Film and Video, Great Neck, NY 11021
1984 cat #811
technical advisor Ron Pickering
honorary advisor Sir Stanley Rous CBE
research asst Patty Povey
asst to the producers Linda O’Neill
conrad film Associates Intl

Peter Ueberoth
“Classic Family Entertainment Presents”
John Wesson
first 90 years
Derek Conrad producer writer director
Robert Sidaway, assoc producer
John Wolstein Holme prod supervisor
1. 1912 ceremony; 2. W Smim; 3. greco-roman wrestling; 9 hours no fall both silver??–Louise Lee 4. marathon; no Thorpe? action but had medal ceremony
7th Belgium Antwerp 1. Nurvi finished 1924 France, winter.
silver cup won my Spiradon Louis in 1896 Marathon
Alvin Krinstein (U.S.) 60, 110H, 220H, long jump
Archie Hahn 200 footage
sack racing
obstacle – steeple
rope climb -obstacles
barrel climbs – obstacles
net climbs -obstacles
1906 footage 1. b.Kes (ceremony); 2. hurdles; 3. tug-of-war

(at the same time I was the manager of a rock group called Waycross and their various side projects, including an old demo — i.e. never produced or published, featuring my client Caroleen Beatty and her boyfriend from a few years prior, Jon Langford, a more famous musician (Mekons) as Pre War Jewels including a song I call “Leave Home Now” that for whatever reason I did and still do, 10 years later think of as the title track to a documentary about track and field, Brooklyn 1900-1904, as Harry Hillman and Lawson Robertson go from competing for the local militia the 13th and Company C, in armories, to international renown and Olympics medals and a coaching rivalry that comprised 35 years, one at Dartmouth and one at Penn; and that they competed hundreds of times as a team, the three-legged race, what I started calling “tandem sprints” and hold a record that is still not touched or touchable, 105 years later. I am culling all the above from a spiral notebook hated 3/03-11/03 although today is July 23, 2014 i.e. eleven years later. I fetched this or fished it out an open box in my storage locker, replacing my suitcase after a quick trip to L.A. for Terry’s birthday two weeks ago.Burnham has since passed, as has Cathy Slattery, the Dartmouth Sports Information Director. Somewhere in my data-trail I have a photo of the Hillman Gold medals over coach Bostwicks door, at Alumni Gym, circa 2005, but I wonder if they are there today; I did not check at my reunion, 2011.I thought I was going to be writing about or at least copying my notes on Sonic Youth Daydream Nation, 04/15/03 although the recording is much older, and features a Gerhard Richter painting I wrote photo looks like a photo of a candle. I think the list above is less than the half of it, on Hillman, but not much avail)