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.
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| Birth name | James Aloysius Bernard Bausch | |||||||||||
| Born | March 29, 1906 Marion, South Dakota, U.S.[1] | |||||||||||
| Died | July 9, 1974 (aged 68) Hot Springs, Arkansas, U.S. | |||||||||||
| Height | 188 cm (6 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||
| Weight | 95 kg (209 lb) | |||||||||||
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| Position: | Halfback | |||||||||||
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| Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | |||||||||||
| Weight: | 200 lb (91 kg) | |||||||||||
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| High school: | Wichita Cathedral (Wichita, Kansas) | |||||||||||
| College: | Kansas | |||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||
| Event | Decathlon | |||||||||||
| Club | Kansas City Athletic Club | |||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | PV – 4.05 m (1930) SP – 15.33 m (1932)[2] | |||||||||||
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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 Järvinen.[3]
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.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jim Bausch". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on December 2, 2016.
- ^ James Bausch. trackfield.brinkster.net
- ^ Wallechinsky, David (2008). The Complete Book of the Olympics. Aurum Press Ltd. p. 263. ISBN 978-1-84513-330-6.
- ^ "Jim Bausch". FootballFoundation.org.
- ^ "Dropping Back In NFL History: The NFL's Olympians: (page 4)". Footballnation.com. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved September 19, 2012.
External links
edit- More on Jim Bausch
- Jim Bausch at the USATF Hall of Fame (archived)
- James Aloysius Bernard Bausch at Olympics.com
- Jim Bausch at Olympic.org (archived)
- Jim Bausch at Olympedia
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