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This Day in Observe & Subject–October 29
1911—Competing at Celtic Park on NY’s Lengthy Island, Matt McGrath made good use of his one throw within the hammer, setting a pre-IAAF World File of 187-4 (57.10).
4-time Olympian was the gold medalist within the hammer in 1912 and gained silver medals in 1908 and 1924, the latter when he was 46-years outdated!
The native of Eire was inducted into the U.S. Corridor of Fame in 2006
HOF Bio(2006): https://www.usatf.org/athlete-bios/matt-mcgrath
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_McGrath
