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'''Bruce Bennett''' (born '''Harold Herman Brix''', also credited '''Herman Brix'''; May 19, 1906 – February 24, 2007) was an American film and television actor who was a college athlete in ] and in intercollegiate and international ] competitions.<ref>{{Cite web |last=McLellan |first=Dennis |date=2007-02-28 |title=Herman Brix, 100; Olympian became actor known as Bruce Bennett |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-feb-28-me-bennett28-story.html |access-date=2024-08-02 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref> In 1928, he won the silver medal for the ] at the ] in ]. Bennett's acting career in film and television spanned more than 40 years.
'''Bruce Bennett''' (May 19, 1906 – February 24, 2007)<ref>Harold H. Brix in the ].</ref><ref>Harold Brix, age 3, in U.S. Census, April 15, 1910, State of Washington, County of Pierce, enumeration district 275, p. 7-B, family 195.</ref> was an ] ] and ] silver medalist ]ter. During the 1930s, he went by his real name, '''Herman Brix''' (having dropped the first name "Harold").


==Early life and Olympics== ==Early life and Olympics==
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Born as '''Harold Herman Brix''' in ], he was the fourth born in a family of five children of an immigrant couple from ]. His eldest brother, and their father's favored son, Hermann, died before Harold's birth and he was given his middle name in this child's memory. To please his father, by high school he had discontinued using his own first name, Harold, in favor of his middle name, Herman. His father was a lumber man who owned a couple of different logging camps. His first career was as an athlete. At ], where he majored in economics, he played ] (tackle) in the 1926 ] and was a track-and-field star. Two years later he won the ] for ]ting in the ], and held the indoor and outdoor records for shot-putting.<ref name=autogenerated1></ref>
Harold Herman Brix was born and raised in ], where he attended ] from which he graduated in 1924.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.thenewstribune.com/news/special-reports/article25857619.html |title=From Stadium's halls to the silver screen |first=Kathleen |last=Merryman |date=September 9, 2006 |newspaper=] |location=Tacoma, Washington |access-date=September 12, 2020}}</ref> He was the fourth of five children born to an immigrant couple from ].{{Citation needed |date=August 2024}}

Bennett played ] at the ], where he majored in economics. He played in the ] and was a track-and-field star. Bennett won the ] for the ] in the ].<ref name="autogenerated1">Bernstein, Adam (February 27, 2007). . ''The Washington Post''.</ref> He won four consecutive ] shot put titles (1928–31), the ] title in 1927, and the AAU indoor titles in 1930 and 1932. In 1930, Bennett set a world indoor record at {{convert|15.61|m|ftin|abbr=on}}. In 1932, he set his personal best at {{convert|16.07|m|ftin|abbr=on}}, but failed at the Olympic trials to qualify for the ].<ref>{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/br/herman-brix-1.html |title=Herman Brix |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417174531/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/br/herman-brix-1.html |archive-date=2020-04-17}}</ref>


==Early film career as Tarzan== ==Early film career as Tarzan==
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Brix moved to ] in 1929 after being invited to compete for the Los Angeles Athletic Club and befriended actor ]., who arranged a screen test for him at ].


Bennett moved to ] in 1929 after being invited to compete for the ] and befriended actor ], who arranged a screen test for him at ].{{Citation needed |date=August 2024}}
]


In 1931, ], adapting author ]'s popular ] adventures for the screen, selected Herman Brix to play the title character. Unfortunately, Brix broke his shoulder filming the 1931 football film '']'', which also prevented his entry into the ], still holding the world record for shot put. Swimming champion ] replaced Brix and became a major star. In 1931, ], in adapting author ]'s ] adventures for the screen, selected Bennett to play the title character. Bennett broke his shoulder filming the 1931 football film '']'', so swimming champion ] replaced Bennett. ] cast Bennett in the lead of a Tarzan serial film. The film began production on location in ].{{Citation needed |date=August 2024}}


The film, '']'', was released in 1935 by Burroughs-Tarzan, and offered to theaters as a 12-chapter serial or a seven-reel feature. A second feature, ''Tarzan and the Green Goddess,'' was culled from the footage in 1938.
After Ashton Dearholt convinced Burroughs to allow him to form Burroughs-Tarzan Enterprises, Inc., and make a Tarzan serial film, Dearholt cast Brix in the lead. Pressbook copy has it that Burroughs made the choice himself, but, in fact, in his biography, Brix confirmed that Burroughs never even saw him until after the contract was signed, and then only briefly. The film was begun on location in ], under rugged conditions (jungle diseases and cash shortages were frequent). Brix did his own stunts, including a fall to rocky cliffs below. '']'' quoted Gabe Essoe's passage from his book ''Tarzan of the Movies'': "Brix's portrayal was the only time between the silents and the 1960s that Tarzan was accurately depicted in films. He was mannered, cultured, soft-spoken, a well educated English lord who spoke several languages, and didn't grunt."<ref name=autogenerated1 />


Bennett portrayed the titular hero in ]'s serial '']''.
Due to financial mismanagement, Dearholt had to complete filming of much of the serial back in ], and Brix, although his travel and daily living expenses in Guatemala were covered throughout the shoot, never received his contracted salary, along with the rest of the cast. The finished film, '']'', was released in 1935 by Burroughs-Tarzan, and offered to theatres as a 12-chapter serial or a seven-reel feature. A second feature, ''Tarzan and the Green Goddess,'' was culled from the footage in 1938. He also portrayed the titular hero in ]'s serial '']''.


==Name change and film career== ==Name change and film career==
Brix continued to work in serials and action features for low-budget studios until 1939. Finding himself still ] as Tarzan in the minds of major producers, Brix changed his name to "Bruce Bennett" and became a member of ]' stock company. During the next few years he would be seen playing minor roles in many Columbia films, from expensive dramas to ] mysteries to ] ] (including '']''). His screen career was interrupted by ], when he entered the service. Bennett worked in serials and action features for low-budget studios until 1939. Finding himself ] as Tarzan, Bennett changed his name and became a member of ]' stock company. He appeared in '']'' with ] and '']''. His screen career was interrupted by ], when he served in the ].
] in '']'' (1948)]]
In the 1940s and 1950s, Bennett appeared in '']'' (1943), '']'' (1945), '']'' (1947), '']'' (1947), '']'' (1947), '']'' (1948), ] (1949), '']'' (1950), '']'' (1951), '']'' (1952), and '']'' (1955), '']'' (1959).<ref name=tcm> '']'' (TCM). Retrieved May 21, 2018.</ref><ref name="autogenerated1" />


In 1954, Bennett played ], the ] guerrilla figure, in an episode of the ] ] '']''. Bennett made five guest appearances on '']'' and five episodes of '']''.
Bennett appeared in many films in the 1940s and early 1950s, including '']'' (1943) with ], '']'' (1945) with ], '']'' (1947) with ], '']'' (1947) with Bogart and ], '']'' (1948) with Bogart and ], '']'' (1950), '']'' (1952) with Joan Crawford and ] and '']'' (1955) with ].


Bennett co-wrote and starred in '']'' (filmed 1959, released 1961).<ref name="tcm" />
The '']'' noted, "Bennett moved into grittier roles in the late 1940s and early 1950s, playing a detective in ]'s '']'' and a ] who helps solve a crime in ]' '']''. He also portrayed an ageing ] player in '']'' (1951).<ref name=autogenerated1 />

In 1954, Bennett played ], the ] guerrilla figure, in an episode of the ] ] '']'', starring and narrated by ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0710961/|title=''Stories of the Century'': "Quantrill and His Raiders", February 21, 1954|publisher=]|accessdate=October 7, 2012}}</ref> Bennett made five guest appearances on '']'' including his role as murder victim Lawrence Balfour in the 1958 episode, "The Case of the Lucky Loser," and murderer Dan Morgan in the 1961 episode, "The Case of the Misguided Missile."


==Personal life== ==Personal life==
{{more citations needed|date=July 2021}}
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Bennett had two children, Christopher Brix and Christina Katich, by longtime wife Jeannette, who died in 2000. They named their children after his parents. They had three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. His great niece is named Brix Hahn in his honor. Bennett had two children, Christopher and Christina, by wife Jeannette, who died in 2000. They named their children after his parents.{{Citation needed |date=August 2024}}


Bennett became a businessman during the 1960s. He pursued ] and ]. He last skydived at the age of 96, descending from an altitude of 10,000 feet near ].{{Citation needed |date=August 2024}}
==Later life==
From the mid-1950s on, Bennett mainly appeared in B-films, such as '']'' (1959), and in the title role of the '']'' (filmed 1959, released 1961) that he co-wrote, and on television in guest starring roles. He was a very successful businessman during the 1960s.


Bennett died at 100 on February 24, 2007 from complications from a broken hip.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070301/ap_en_mo/run_obit_brix |title=Olympian and actor Herman Brix dies |access-date=March 3, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070307172906/http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070301/ap_en_mo/run_obit_brix |archive-date=March 7, 2007 |website=Yahoo! News |agency=Associated Press |date=March 1, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=WHITE |first=RUSTY |date=2007-03-08 |title=OBITUARY – HERMAN BRIX aka BRUCE BENNETT - Entertainment Today |url=https://entertainmenttoday.net/news/nobituary/11880/2007/03/obituary-herman-brix-aka-bruce-bennett/,%20https://entertainmenttoday.net/news/nobituary/11880/2007/03/obituary-herman-brix-aka-bruce-bennett/ |access-date=2024-08-02 |website=entertainmenttoday.net |language=en-US}}</ref>
A lifelong ]er and ], he last went skydiving (from an altitude of 10,000 feet) over ], at the age of 96.
<ref></ref>


==Selected filmography==
Bennett turned 100 on May 19, 2006, and died less than a year later in February 2007 of complications from a broken hip.<ref>http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070301/ap_en_mo/run_obit_brix</ref>
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* '']'' (1931) as Football Player (uncredited)
* '']'' (1932) as Klopstokian Athlete (uncredited)
* '']'' (1932) as Dinner Guest (uncredited)
* '']'' (1932) as Wrestler (uncredited)
* '']'' (1933) as Student (uncredited) (as Herman Brix)
* '']'' (1933) as Train Passenger (uncredited)
* '']'' (1934) as Bank Clerk (uncredited)
* '']'' (1934) as Sailor (uncredited)
* '']'' (1934) as Man at Cannes Bar (uncredited)
* '']'' (1934) as Man at Tavern (uncredited)
* '']'' (1934) as Man on Ticket Line (uncredited)
* '']'' (1934) as Hercules – Crewman (uncredited)
* '']'' (1935) as Tarzan (as Bruce Bennett)
* '']'' (1936) as Martin Andrews (as Herman Brix)
* '']'' (1936) as Martin Granville (as Herman Brix)
* ''Silk and Saddles'' (1936) as Jimmy Shay (as Herman Brix)
* '']'' (1937) as Adolph – Henchman (uncredited)
* '']'' (1937) as Johnny Kent (as Herman Brix)
* ''Fighting Fists'' (1937) as Hal "Chopper' Donovan, aka Hal Smith (as Herman Brix)
* '']'' (1937) as Eric Lane – Agent 17 (as Herman Brix)
* '']'' (1937) as Lawrence 'Larry' Duane (as Herman Brix)
* '']'' (1937) as Joe (as Herman Brix)
* '']'' (1937) as Jimmy Baxter (as Herman Brix)
* '']'' (1938, Serial) as Bert Rogers (as Herman Brix)
* '']'' (1938) as Fred Mitchell (as Herman Brix)
* '']'' (1938, Serial) as Lieutenant Frank Corby (as Herman Brix)
* '']'' (1938, Serial) as Lincoln Rand Jr / Kioga (as Herman Brix)
* '']'' (1938) as Tarzan (archive footage)
* '']'' (1939, Short) as Tiny Dawson (as Herman Brix)
* '']'' (1939) as Tom – King's Chauffeur (uncredited)
* '']'' (1939) as Mason's Chauffeur (uncredited)
* '']'' (1939) as Lefty (first film credited as Bruce Bennett)
* '']'' (1939) as Rich Man (uncredited)
* '']'' (1940) as Budge
* '']'' (1940) as Reporter (uncredited)
* '']'' (1940) as Jim – King's Chauffeur (uncredited)
* '']'' (1940) as Geologist Winthrop
* '']'' (1940) as State Trooper (uncredited)
* '']'' (1940) as Prison Warden (uncredited)
* '']'' (1940) as Ship's gunnery officer
* '']'' (1940) as Hazen – Guard (uncredited)
* '']'' (1940) as McManus – Motorcycle Cop
* '']'' (1940) as Policeman (uncredited)
* '']'' (1940) as Officer Sullavan
*'']'' (1940) as Pat Norris
* '']'' (1940) as Dr. Paul Ames
* '']'' (1940) as Bert Rogers (archive footage)
* '']'' (1940) as Minor Role (uncredited)
* '']'' (1940) as Reporter (uncredited)
* '']'' (1940) as Frank Garfield
* '']'' (1940) as Scotty
* ''Phantom Submarine'' (1940) as Paul Sinclair
* '']'' (1941) as Federal Agent
* '']'' (1941) as Bob Conlon
* '']'' (1941) as Reporter (uncredited)
* '']'' (1941) as Prison Guard (uncredited role in this Three Stooges short)
* '']'' (1941) as Skelly
* '']'' (1942) as Tommy Lydel
* '']'' (1942) as 1st Officer Russell
* '']'' (1942) as Capt. Morgan
* '']'' (1942) as Lieutenant John Cronin
* '']'' (1942) as Lee Graham
* '']'' (1943) as Supai George
* '']'' (1943) as FBI Agent Evans
* '']'' (1943) as Clem Hawkins (uncredited)
* '']'' (1943) as Waco Hoyt
* '']'' (1943) as Frank Molloy
* '']'' (1944) as Archie Gibbs
* '']'' (1944) as Bob Hamline
* '']'' (1945) as Bert Pierce
* '']'' (1945) as Dr. Andrew Lang
* ''Shadows of Chinatown'' (1946) (uncredited)
* '']'' (1946) as Jack R. Talbot
* '']'' (1947) as San Thomas
* '']'' (1947) as Dr. Joel Merriam
* '']'' (1947) as Ed Landers
* '']'' (1947) as Bob
* '']'' (1948) as James Cody
* '']'' (1948) as Henderson
* '']'' (1948) as Stanley Moore
* '']'' (1948) as Marty Fain
* '']'' (1949) as Jim Younger
* '']'' (1949) as McCluskey
* '']'' (1949) as Matthew J. Keever
* '']'' (1949) as Dr. Alfred Norton
* '']'' (1949) as Fred Bandle
* '']'' (1949) as Det. Charles Reckling
* '']'' (1950) as Dr. McAdoo
* '']'' (1950) as David Glover
* '']'' (1950) as Paul Curtis
* '']'' (1951) as Cole Younger / Steve Brill
* '']'' (1951) as Col. Jeb Britton
* '']'' (1951) as Saul Hellman
* '']'' (1952) as Steve Kearney
* '']'' (1953) as Charlie Elkwood
* '']'' (1954) as Dr. Stephen Cottrell
* ''The Big Tipoff'' (1955) as Bob Gilmore
* '']'' (1955) as Col. Espy
* '']'' (1955) as 'Bull' Herrick
* ''Survival in Box Canyon'' (1955–1957, TV Series) as Dr. Sheldon Thorpe / General Frank Terrance / Major Sorenson / Dr. Hugh Bentley / Gen. Troy
* '']'' (1956) as Stragg
* '']'' (1956) as Brand
* '']'' (1956) as Charlie Trenton
* '']'' (1956) as Daniel Boone
* '']'' (1956) as Maj. Kincaid
* '']'' (1956) as Commissioner Harrison
* '']'' (1958) as Capt. Jim Hewson
* '']'' (1958) as Lawrence Balfour
* '']'' (1959) as Dr. Karl Sorenson
* '']'' (1959) as Dr. Eric Lorimer
* '']'' (1961) as Gen. Bridges
* '']'' (1961) as Charlie Davis
* ''Lost Island of Kioga'' (1966) as Lincoln Rand Jr., aka Kioga (TV feature version of the 1938 serial "Hawk of the Wilderness", q.v.)
* {{ill|The Clones (1973)|lt=The Clones|cy|The Clones|fi|Kloonit (elokuva)|italic=yes}} (1973) as Clone Lab Assistant
* '']'' (1973) as Johnny Mesquitero
* '']'' (1980) as John Vandenberk (final film role)
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==See also== ==See also==
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==Partial filmography==
* '']''
* '']'' (1942)
* '']'' (1942)
* '']'' (1942)
* '']'' (1945)
* '']'' (1947)
* '']'' (1948)
* '']'' (1950)
* '']'' (1955)


==References== ==References==
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'''Bibliography''' '''Bibliography'''
*Chapman, Mike. ''Please Don't Call Me Tarzan''. Culture House Press *Chapman, Mike. ''Please Don't Call Me Tarzan''. Culture House Press {{ISBN|978-0-9676-0802-0}}
*Ephraim Katz: ''Encyclopedia of Film'' (ISBN 0-333-90690-X) *Katz, Ephraim ''The Macmillan International Encyclopedia of Film''. Collins ({{ISBN|978-0-3339-0690-3}})

== Further reading ==
* {{Cite news |last=Henry |first=Bill |date=1937-02-22 |title=Hollywood in Sport: Athletic Greats Star as Tarzans |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times-hollywood-in-sport/153249564/ |access-date= |work=The Los Angeles Times |pages=30}}


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American actor (1906–2007) For the American player of Canadian football, see Bruce Bennett (Canadian football). For the Australian academic, see Bruce Bennett (academic).

Bruce Bennett (Herman Brix)
Bennett, 1940s
BornHarold Herman Brix
(1906-05-19)May 19, 1906
Tacoma, Washington, U.S.
DiedFebruary 24, 2007(2007-02-24) (aged 100)
Santa Monica, California, U.S.
Occupations
  • Actor
  • athlete
  • businessman
Years active1931–1973; 1980
Height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Spouse Jeannette C. Braddock ​ ​(m. 1933; died 2000)​
Children2
Signature

Bruce Bennett (born Harold Herman Brix, also credited Herman Brix; May 19, 1906 – February 24, 2007) was an American film and television actor who was a college athlete in football and in intercollegiate and international track-and-field competitions. In 1928, he won the silver medal for the shot put at the Olympic Games in Amsterdam. Bennett's acting career in film and television spanned more than 40 years.

Early life and Olympics

Herman Brix at the 1928 Olympics

Harold Herman Brix was born and raised in Tacoma, Washington, where he attended Stadium High School from which he graduated in 1924. He was the fourth of five children born to an immigrant couple from Germany.

Bennett played college football at the University of Washington, where he majored in economics. He played in the 1926 Rose Bowl and was a track-and-field star. Bennett won the Silver medal for the shot put in the 1928 Olympic Games. He won four consecutive AAU shot put titles (1928–31), the NCAA title in 1927, and the AAU indoor titles in 1930 and 1932. In 1930, Bennett set a world indoor record at 15.61 m (51 ft 3 in). In 1932, he set his personal best at 16.07 m (52 ft 9 in), but failed at the Olympic trials to qualify for the Los Angeles Games.

Early film career as Tarzan

Brix in the opening credits of the serial The New Adventures of Tarzan (1935)

Bennett moved to Los Angeles in 1929 after being invited to compete for the Los Angeles Athletic Club and befriended actor Douglas Fairbanks, who arranged a screen test for him at Paramount.

In 1931, MGM, in adapting author Edgar Rice Burroughs's Tarzan adventures for the screen, selected Bennett to play the title character. Bennett broke his shoulder filming the 1931 football film Touchdown, so swimming champion Johnny Weissmuller replaced Bennett. Ashton Dearholt cast Bennett in the lead of a Tarzan serial film. The film began production on location in Guatemala.

The film, The New Adventures of Tarzan, was released in 1935 by Burroughs-Tarzan, and offered to theaters as a 12-chapter serial or a seven-reel feature. A second feature, Tarzan and the Green Goddess, was culled from the footage in 1938.

Bennett portrayed the titular hero in Republic's serial Hawk of the Wilderness.

Name change and film career

Bennett worked in serials and action features for low-budget studios until 1939. Finding himself typecast as Tarzan, Bennett changed his name and became a member of Columbia Pictures' stock company. He appeared in How High Is Up? with The Three Stooges and The Spook Speaks. His screen career was interrupted by World War II, when he served in the United States Navy.

Bennett and Humphrey Bogart in The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)

In the 1940s and 1950s, Bennett appeared in Sahara (1943), Mildred Pierce (1945), Nora Prentiss (1947), Dark Passage (1947), The Man I Love (1947), The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948), Undertow (1949), Mystery Street (1950), Angels in the Outfield (1951), Sudden Fear (1952), and Strategic Air Command (1955), The Alligator People (1959).

In 1954, Bennett played William Quantrill, the Confederate guerrilla figure, in an episode of the syndicated television series Stories of the Century. Bennett made five guest appearances on Perry Mason and five episodes of Science Fiction Theatre.

Bennett co-wrote and starred in Fiend of Dope Island (filmed 1959, released 1961).

Personal life

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Bennett and his wife Jeanette, 1936

Bennett had two children, Christopher and Christina, by wife Jeannette, who died in 2000. They named their children after his parents.

Bennett became a businessman during the 1960s. He pursued parasailing and skydiving. He last skydived at the age of 96, descending from an altitude of 10,000 feet near Lake Tahoe.

Bennett died at 100 on February 24, 2007 from complications from a broken hip.

Selected filmography

See also

References

Notes

  1. McLellan, Dennis (February 28, 2007). "Herman Brix, 100; Olympian became actor known as Bruce Bennett". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved August 2, 2024.
  2. Merryman, Kathleen (September 9, 2006). "From Stadium's halls to the silver screen". The News Tribune. Tacoma, Washington. Retrieved September 12, 2020.
  3. ^ Bernstein, Adam (February 27, 2007). "Film Star and Olympian Herman Brix". The Washington Post.
  4. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Herman Brix". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020.
  5. ^ "Bruce Bennett Filmography" Turner Classic Movies (TCM). Retrieved May 21, 2018.
  6. "Olympian and actor Herman Brix dies". Yahoo! News. Associated Press. March 1, 2007. Archived from the original on March 7, 2007. Retrieved March 3, 2007.
  7. WHITE, RUSTY (March 8, 2007). "OBITUARY – HERMAN BRIX aka BRUCE BENNETT - Entertainment Today". entertainmenttoday.net. Retrieved August 2, 2024.

Bibliography

Further reading

External links

USA Indoor Track and Field Championships winners in men's shot put (8 lb, 12 lb, 16 lb, 24 lb)
8-lb shot put
12-lb shot put
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24-lb shot put
Notes* From 1906 to 1979, events were conducted by the Amateur Athletic Union. Events from 1980 to 1992 were conducted under The Athletics Congress. Events thereafter were conducted by USA Track & Field.
US National Championship winners in men's shot put
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New York Athletic Club
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Amateur Athletic Union
1980–1992
The Athletics Congress
1993–onwards
USA Track & Field
Notes
  • Note 1: In 1888 both the NAAAA and the AAU held championships
  • OT: The 1920, 1928, 1932, and since 1992, 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.
1928 USA Olympic track and field team
Qualification
Men's track
and road athletes
Men's field athletes
Women's track athletes
Women's field athletes
Coaches
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