Ed Hamm
Ed Hamm in July 1928 | ||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||
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| Born | April 13, 1906 Lonoke, Arkansas, United States | |||||||||||
| Died | June 25, 1982 (aged 76) Albany, Oregon, United States | |||||||||||
| Height | 179 cm (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||
| Weight | 70 kg (154 lb) | |||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||
| Event(s) | Long jump, sprint | |||||||||||
| Club | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, Atlanta | |||||||||||
| Achievements and titles | ||||||||||||
| Personal best(s) | LJ – 7.90 m (1928) 100 m – 10.5 (1928) 200 m – 21.6 (1928) | |||||||||||
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Edward Barton Hamm (April 13, 1906 – June 25, 1982) was an American athlete, who won the gold medal in the long jump at the 1928 Summer Olympics held in Amsterdam, Netherlands, becoming the first Arkansan to win a gold medal. The Atlanta Journal called him "the South's first world champion in any sport."