Lawrence Whitney

Lawrence Whitney
	Whitney at the 1912 Olympics
Personal information
Born	February 2, 1891; Millbury, Massachusetts, U.S.
Died	April 24, 1941 (aged 50); Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Height	180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	86 kg (190 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	Shot put, discus throw,
Club	Boston Athletic Association
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	SP – 14.64 m (1914); DT – 41.42 m (1913)
Medal record
Representing the United States
Olympic Games

Lawrence Atwood "Larry" Whitney (February 2, 1891 – April 24, 1941) was an American athlete who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.^[3] He won the bronze medal in the conventional shot put and placed fourth in the two-handed shot put and 20th in the discus throw. He also competed in the exhibition baseball tournament.^[1]

Besides athletics and baseball Whitney also competed in American football and basketball. He won the IC4A shot put title in 1913 and 1915, and retired from sports shortly after that.^[1]

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c Larry Whitney. sports-reference.com
^ Lawrence Whitney. trackfield.brinkster.net
^ "Lawrence Whitney". Olympedia. Retrieved 28 April 2021.

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[3] "Lawrence Whitney". Olympedia. Retrieved 28 April 2021.

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v t US National Championship winners in men's shot put
1876–1878 New York Athletic Club	1876–78:
1879–1888 NAAAA	1879–80: 1881–86: 1887: George Gray/ 1888^{Note 1}:
1888–1979 Amateur Athletic Union	1888–94^{Note 1}: George Gray 1895: 1896: George Gray 1897: Charles Hennemann 1898–99: Richard Sheldon 1900: Denis Horgan 1901: 1902: George Gray 1903: Leon Feuerbach 1904: Martin Sheridan 1905–06: Wesley Coe 1907–10: Ralph Rose 1911–12: Pat McDonald 1913: Lawrence Whitney 1914: Pat McDonald 1915–17: Arlie Mucks 1918: Alma Richards 1919–20^OT: Pat McDonald 1921: Bud Houser 1922: Pat McDonald 1923: 1924: Ralph Hills 1925: Bud Houser 1926: 1927: John Kuck 1928^OT–31: Herman Brix 1932^OT: Leo Sexton 1933–35: Jack Torrance 1936: Dimitri Zaitz 1937: 1938: 1939: 1940–42: Al Blozis 1943–44: Earl Audet 1945–46: 1947–48: Jim Delaney 1949–50: Jim Fuchs 1951–55: Parry O'Brien 1956: Ken Bantum 1957: Bill Nieder 1958–60: Parry O'Brien 1961: Dallas Long 1962: Gary Gubner 1963: Dave Davis 1964: Randy Matson 1965: 1966–68: Randy Matson 1969: Neal Steinhauer 1970: Randy Matson 1971: Karl Salb 1972: Randy Matson 1973–75: Al Feuerbach 1976–77: Terry Albritton 1978: Al Feuerbach 1979: Dave Laut
1980–1992 The Athletics Congress	1980: Brian Oldfield 1981: Dave Laut 1982: 1983: Dave Laut 1984: Augie Wolf 1985: Dave Laut 1986–87: John Brenner 1988: 1989: Randy Barnes 1990: Jim Doehring 1991: Ron Backes 1992^OT: Mike Stulce
1993–onwards USA Track & Field	1993: Randy Barnes 1994: C. J. Hunter 1995: Brent Noon 1996^OT–97: Randy Barnes 1998–99: John Godina 2000^OT: Adam Nelson 2001: John Godina 2002: Adam Nelson 2003: John Godina 2004^OT: Adam Nelson 2005: Christian Cantwell 2006: Adam Nelson 2007–08^OT: Reese Hoffa 2009–10: Christian Cantwell 2011: Adam Nelson 2012^OT: Reese Hoffa 2013: Ryan Whiting 2014–15: Joe Kovacs 2016^OT-17: Ryan Crouser 2018: Darrell Hill 2019: Ryan Crouser 2021^{2020 OT}: Ryan Crouser
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.