Daniel Joseph Kelly (September 1, 1883 – April 9, 1920) was an American

long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a takeoff point. Along with the triple jump, the two events that measure jumping for distance as a gr ...

er and sprinter. He attended the

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's Columbia Prep high school, where in 1905, he broke the existing world record for the Long Jump with a jump of 22 feet, 1-1/4 inches. He later attended the

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, where in 1906, he equaled the world records in the 100 meter and 200 meter dashes in the same day. In 1908, Kelly briefly joined the

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,''The San Francisco Call,'' June 9, 1908. and competed for the United States in the

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held in

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in the long jump where he won the silver medal. He is a member of the University of Oregon Athletic Hall of Fame and the

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* * 1883 births 1920 deaths American male long jumpers American male sprinters Olympic silver medalists for the United States in track and field Athletes (track and field) at the 1908 Summer Olympics Oregon Ducks men's track and field athletes Track and field athletes from Portland, Oregon Medalists at the 1908 Summer Olympics 20th-century American sportsmen {{US-athletics-Olympic-medalist-stub