Tom Gage (athlete)

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Tom Gage (athlete) - Wikipedia

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Tom Gage
Medal record
Men's Athletics
Representing the United States
Pan American Games
	1967 Winnipeg	Hammer Throw

Thomas Lewis Gage (May 16, 1943 – July 15, 2010) was an American Hammer Thrower from Billings, Montana. Gage graduated from Cornell University in 1965. During the late 1960s to the early 1970s he was in the top 10 among American hammer throwers for 10 years including achieving number 1 in 1972.^[1] He won the gold medal at the 1967 Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada and was a finalist in the 1972 Olympics in Munich, Germany, ultimately finishing 12th. His personal best was 71.17, set in 1971.^[2]

Masters

He continued to throw the hammer and weight implements through the various Masters age groups, setting the M60 World Record in 2004.^[3] He also held the M50 age group world record for 9 years before it was surpassed by another former Olympian Jud Logan.^[4] He was a 2001 inductee into the Masters division of the USATF National Track and Field Hall of Fame.^[5]

The University of Montana hosts the Tom Gage Classic named in his honor.^[6]

References

^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-06-13. Retrieved 2010-06-13.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Track and Field News Hammer Throw Rankings
^ Tom Gage at Sports Reference Sports Reference
^ "World Records - Masters Athletics - Track and Field". Archived from the original on 2010-06-05. Retrieved 2011-11-15. Masters Athletics
^ http://www.mastersathletics.net/fileadmin/html/Rankings/All_Time/hammerthrowmen.htm Masters Athletics ranking
^ http://www.legacy.usatf.org/HallOfFame/Masters/ USATF Masters
^ http://www.tfrrs.org/results/15929.html Tom Gage Classic results

External links

Video of Tom Gage's last competition (Poor Quality Video) on YouTube

Pan American Champions in men's hammer throw

v t e US National Championship winners in men's hammer throw
1876–1878 New York Athletic Club	1876: William Curtis 1877: George Parmly 1878: William Curtis
1879–1888 – NAAAA	1879: James McDermott 1880: William Curtis 1881-2: Frank Lambrecht 1883: Wilson Coudon 1884-5: Frank Lambrecht 1886: Wilson Coudon 1887: Charles Queckberner 1888^{Note 1}: Frank Lambrecht
1888–1979 Amateur Athletic Union	1888^{Note 1}: William Barry 1889–96: James Mitchel 1897-9: John Flanagan 1900: Rich. Sheridan 1901-2: John Flanagan 1903: James Mitchel 1904-5: Alfred Plaw 1906-7: John Flanagan 1908: Matt McGrath 1909: Lee Talbott 1910: Matt McGrath 1911: Con Walsh 1912: Matt McGrath 1913-7: Pat Ryan 1918: Matt McGrath 1919–21^OT: Pat Ryan 1922: Matt McGrath 1923-4: Fred Tootell 1925-6: Matt McGrath 1927: Jack Merchant 1928^OT: Edmund Black 1929: Jack Merchant 1930: Norwood Wright 1931: Ed Flanagan 1932^OT: Frank Conner 1933: Pat O'Callaghan 1934: Donald Favor 1935: Henry Dreyer 1936: William Rowe 1937-8: Irving Folwartshny 1939: Chester Cruikshank 1940: Stanley Johnson 1941: Irving Folwartshny 1942: Chester Cruikshank 1943-5: Henry Dreyer 1946: Irving Folwartshny 1947-8: Bob Bennett 1949–51: Samuel Felton 1952: Tom Bane 1953: Marty Engel 1954: Bob Backus 1955–61: Hal Connolly 1962-3: Albert Hall 1964-5: Hal Connolly 1966-8: Ed Burke 1969: Tom Gage 1970-1: George Frenn 1972: Al Schoterman 1973: Ted Bregar 1974: Steve DeAutremont 1975: Boris Djerassi 1976: Larry Hart 1977: Emmitt Berry 1978: Boris Djerassi 1979: Scott Neilson 1980: Giampaolo Urlando
1980–1992 The Athletics Congress	1981: Richard Olsen 1982-3: Dave McKenzie 1984-5: Jud Logan 1986: Bill Green 1987: Jud Logan 1988: Ken Flax 1989: Lance Deal 1990: Ken Flax 1991-2^OT: Jud Logan
1993-onwards USA Track & Field	1993-6^OT: Lance Deal 1997: Kevin McMahon 1998–2000^OT: Lance Deal 2001: Kevin McMahon 2002: Lance Deal 2003-5: James Parker 2006-9: A. G. Kruger 2010: Jake Freeman 2011-2: Kibwé Johnson 2013: A. G. Kruger 2014-5: Kibwé Johnson 2016: Rudy Winkler 2017: Alex Young 2018: Rudy Winkler 2019: Conor McCullough 2021^{2020 OT}: Rudy Winkler
Notes	Note 1: In 1888 both the NAAAA and the AAU held championships OT: The 1920, 1928, 1932, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2016 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.

v t e 1972 USA Olympic track and field team
Qualification	1972 United States Olympic trials (track and field)
Men's track and road athletes	Jon Anderson Jack Bacheler Larry Black Doug Brown Dick Bruggeman Larry Burton Wayne Collett Willie Davenport Tom Dooley Jeff Galloway Eddie Hart Steve Hayden Thomas Hill Leonard Hilton Goetz Klopfer Mike Manley Ralph Mann Vincent Matthews Rod Milburn Kenny Moore Steve Prefontaine Rey Robinson Jim Ryun Steve Savage Jim Seymour Frank Shorter Chuck Smith John Smith Ken Swenson Robert Taylor Gerald Tinker (r) William Weigle Bob Wheeler Rick Wohlhuter Dave Wottle George Young Larry Young
Men's field athletes	Jeff Bannister Jeff Bennett Preston Carrington John Craft Chris Dunn Al Feuerbach George Frenn Tom Gage Bruce Jenner Jan Johnson Ron Jourdan Fred Luke Brian Oldfield John Powell Arnie Robinson Bill Schmidt Al Schoterman Bob Seagren Jay Silvester Dave Smith Steve Smith Milt Sonsky Dwight Stones Tim Vollmer Art Walker Randy Williams George Woods
Women's track athletes	Iris Davis Debra Edwards Mable Fergerson Barbara Ferrell Pam Greene Kathy Hammond Patty Johnson Wendy Koenig Francie Kraker Francie Larrieu Madeline Manning Mildrette Netter (r) Lacey O'Neal Mamie Rallins Mattiline Render Jackie Thompson Cheryl Toussaint Martha Watson
Women's field athletes	Kim Attlesey Roberta Brown Sherry Calvert Olga Connolly Gale Fitzgerald Jane Frederick Cindy Gilbert Sandi Goldsberry Kate Schmidt Maren Seidler Jan Svendsen Martha Watson Deanne Wilson Willye White
Coaches	Bill Bowerman (men's head coach) Ted Haydon (men's assistant coach) Hoover Wright (men's assistant coach) Stan Wright (men's assistant coach) Nell Jackson (women's head coach) Randall Lambert (women's assistant coach) Ron Sorkness (women's assistant coach)

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