George Anderson (sprinter)

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George Anderson
Personal information
Born	(1943-12-23)December 23, 1943 Baton Rouge, LA
Died	January 15, 2013(2013-01-15) (aged 70)
Height	5’10

George Anderson was an American sprinter. According to at least one ranking list in 1965 (the peak of his career) he was the world's best 100m sprinter. His most significant competitive victory was in the 100 yard sprint at the 1965 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships.

Track career

Anderson, known as 'Log' , was a native of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where he graduated from McKinley Senior High School in 1962 before attending Southern University, graduating from there in 1967.^[1]

Anderson was a key member of the Southern Jaguars track team during his time at Southern helping them to 3 consecutive Southwestern Athletic Conference championships (SWAC) and National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) indoors and outdoors titles.^[2]

As a college junior he had an outstanding season in 1965 that resulted in him being voted the world's best sprinter by the experts of Track and Field News.

The year started with him tying the 60 y record indoors at the NAIA meet in Kansas City. Later that year he became the NAIA champion outdoors at 100 y.^[3]

That year he was also to become AAU champion (the United States national championships) at 100 y.^[4]

In 1996, he was again 60 y champion at the NAIA championships.^[5]

In April 1966, he was a member of a Southern Jaguars team that set a meet record of 39.6 s in the 4x110 y relay at the Texas Relays meet.^[6]

Later that year, on May 28. Anderson was a member of a Southern University team that set a world record of 39.6 s in the 4x110 y relay at the California Relays in Modesto, California.^[7]^[8]

Later life

After graduation from college, Anderson was drafted to play by the Kansas City Chiefs American football team. He was sent by them for experience to the semi-professional team the Omaha Mustangs of the Continental Football League who played in Omaha, Nebraska. He stayed with the Mustangs for seven years and remained in Omaha for the rest of his life.^[1]^[9]

Anderson was employed as an employment specialist with the Eastern Nebraska Office of Retardation and Development Disability.^[9]

Anderson was also track coach at the Omaha North High School and founded and was unit director of the North Omaha Boys and Girls Club track program.^[9]

Anderson died on January 16, 2013. His contributions to his local community led his obituaries to describe him as 'a pillar of the community'.^[1]^[9]

Anderson left a wife, Ola, and three sons.

Rankings

Anderson was ranked among the best in the US and the world in the 100 m sprint between 1965 and 1967, according to the votes of the experts of Track and Field News.^[10]^[11]

100 meters
Year	World rank	US rank
1965	1st	1st
1966	9th	3rd
1967	-	7th

USA Championships

Anderson was a very successful competitor at 100 m in the USA National Track and Field Championships between 1965 and 1967.^[12]

USA Championships
Year	100m
1965	1st
1966	4th
1967	5th

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "George "Log" Anderson obituary". The Advocate. January 25, 2013.
^ "New Kings of Track". Ebony. Johnson Publishing Company. July 1966.
^ http://www.naia.org/fls/27900/1NAIA/SportsInfo/Championships/MOUTDOOR_Championship.pdf?SPSID=646852, NAIA Championship History, Retrieved June 1, 2014.
^ http://www.trackandfieldnews.com/index.php/archivemenu/13-lists/979-usa-nationals-history Archived 2015-03-16 at the Wayback Machine A History Of The Results Of The National Track & Field Championships Of The USA From 1876 Through 2003, Track and Field News.
^ "Roundup of the Sports Information of the Week". Sports Illustrated. January 31, 1966. Archived from the original on June 8, 2014.
^ Southern Runs to Five Records in Texas Relays. Jet. April 21, 1966.
^ Progression of IAAF World Records 2011 Edition, Editor Imre Matrahazi, IAAF Athletics, p 135.
^ "Roundup of the Sports Information of the Week". Sports Illustrated. June 6, 1966. Archived from the original on June 8, 2014.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "George Anderson was 'Pillar of the Community'". Boys and Girls Club of the Midlands. 2013. Archived from the original on 2014-06-08. Retrieved June 1, 2014.
^ "World Rankings Index--Men's 100 meters" (PDF). Track and Field News. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-06-20. Retrieved 2014-05-31.
^ "U.S. Rankings Index--Men's 100 meters" (PDF). Track and Field News.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ http://www.trackandfieldnews.com/index.php/tafn-presults?list_id=36&sex_id=M&event_id=1 Archived 2014-04-25 at the Wayback Machine USA Outdoor Track and Field Champions, Men's 100 m, USA Track and Field.

v t e US National Championship winners in men's 100-meter dash and 100-yard dash
1876–1878 New York Athletic Club	1876: Charles McIvor 10.5 1877: William Wilmer 10.5 1878: Fred Saportas 10.0w
1879–1888 NAAAA	1879: Beverly Value 10 3⁄8 1880-81: Lon Myers 10.4 10 1⁄4 1882-83: Arthur Waldron NT 10 1⁄4 1884-86^ro: Malcolm Ford 10.8* 10.6 10.4 1887: Charles Sherrill 10.4 1888^{Note 1}: Fred Westing 10.4
1888–1979 Amateur Athletic Union	1888^{Note 1}: Fred Westing 10.0 1889-90: John Owen 10.4 9.8 1891: Luther Cary 10.2 1892: Harry Jewett 10.0 1893: Charles Stage 10.2 1894: Tom Lee 10.2 1895-97: Bernie Wefers 10.0w 10.2 9.8 1898: Frank Jarvis 10.0 1899: Arthur Duffey 10.0 1900: Maxie Long 10.0 1901: Frank Sears 9.8 1902: Pat Walsh 10.0 1903: Archie Hahn 10.2 1904: Lawson Robertson 10.5 1905: Charles Parsons 9.8 1906: Charles Seitz 10.2 1907: Harold Huff 10.2 1908: William Hamilton 10.2 1909: William Martin 10.2 1910: James Rosenberger 10.2 1911: Gwin Henry 10.0 1912-13: Howard Drew 10.0 10.4 1914-15: Jo Loomis 10.2 9.8w 1916-17: Andy Ward 10.0 10.2 1918: Arthur Henke 10.0 1919: William Hayes 10.2 1920^OT: Loren Murchison 10.0 1921: Charley Paddock 9.6 1922: Robert McAllister 10.0 1923: Loren Murchison 10.1 1924: Charley Paddock 9.6 1925: Frank Hussey 9.8 1926: Charley Borah 9.8 1927: Chester Bowman 9.6 1928^OT: Frank Wykoff 10.6 1929-30: Eddie Tolan 10.0 9.7 1931: Frank Wykoff 9.5 1932^OT: Ralph Metcalfe 9.5 1933-34: Ralph Metcalfe 10.5 10.4 1935: Eulace Peacock 10.2w 1936: Jesse Owens 10.4 1937: Perrin Walker 10.7 1938: Ben Johnson 10.7 1939: Clyde Jeffrey 10.2w 1940: Harold Davis 10.3 1941: Barney Ewell 10.3 1942-43: Harold Davis 10.5 10.3 1944: Buddy Young 10.5 1945: Barney Ewell 10.3 1946-47: William Mathis 10.7 10.5 1948: Barney Ewell 10.6 1949: Andy Stanfield 10.3 1950: Art Bragg 10.4 1951: Jim Golliday 10.3 1952: Dean Smith 10.5 1953-54: Art Bragg 9.5 9.5 1955-56: Bobby Morrow 9.5 10.3 1957: Leamon King 9.7 1958: Bobby Morrow 9.4 1959-60: Ray Norton 10.5 10.5 1961: Frank Budd 9.2 1962-64: Bob Hayes 9.3 9.1w 10.3 1965: George Anderson 9.3 1966: Charles Greene 9.4 1967: Jim Hines 9.3 1968: Charles Greene 10.0w 1969-70: Ivory Crockett 9.3 9.3 1971: Del Meriwether 9.0w 1972: Robert Taylor 10.2 1973-74: Steve Williams 9.4 9.9 1975^G1: Steve Williams 10.21 1976^G2: Robert Woods 10.44 1977^G1: Steve Williams 10.24 1978: Clancy Edwards 10.14w 1979: James Sanford 10.07
1980–1992 The Athletics Congress	1980: Stanley Floyd 10.19 1981-83: Carl Lewis 10.13 10.11 10.27 1984: Sam Graddy 10.28 1985: Kirk Baptiste 10.11 1986: Carl Lewis 9.91w 1987: Mark Witherspoon 10.04 1988: Emmit King 10.04 1989: Leroy Burrell 9.94 1990: Carl Lewis 10.05 1991: Leroy Burrell 9.90 1992^OT: Dennis Mitchell 10.09
1993–present USA Track & Field	1993: Andre Cason 9.85w 1994: Dennis Mitchell 10.13 1995: Michael Marsh 10.23 1996^OT: Dennis Mitchell 9.92 1997: Maurice Greene 9.90 1998: Tim Harden 9.88w 1999: Dennis Mitchell 9.97w 2000^OT: Maurice Greene 10.01 2001: Bernard Williams 9.95w 2002: Maurice Greene 9.88w 2003: Bernard Williams 10.11 2004^OT: Maurice Greene 9.91 2005: Justin Gatlin 10.08 2006-08^OT: Tyson Gay 9.93 9.84 9.68w 2009: Mike Rodgers 9.91w 2010-11: Walter Dix 10.04 9.94 2012^OT-13: Justin Gatlin 9.80 9.75 2014: Mike Rodgers 10.09 2015: Tyson Gay 9.87 2016^OT: Justin Gatlin 9.80 2017: Justin Gatlin 9.95 2018: Noah Lyles 9.88 2019: Christian Coleman 9.99 2021^{2020 OT}: Trayvon Bromell 9.80 2022: Fred Kerley 9.77 2023: Cravont Charleston 9.95 2024: Noah Lyles 9.83
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. Distance: Until 1927 the event was over 100 yards, and again from 1929-31 ro: In 1886 the event was won after a run-off *: Penalized one yard for false start G1: Race was won by Don Quarrie (Jamaica) competing as a guest G2: Race was won by Chris Garpenborg (Sweden) competing as a guest

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