Leland Stanford Scott, Sr. (September 13, 1887 - March 19, 1979) set the Amateur Athletic Union record in the pole vault at a meet between Stanford University and Colorado State University on May 27, 1910. He cleared 12 feet 10+78 inches (3.934 m).[1][2] In 1912 he set the intercollegiate record at 12 feet 10+315 inches (3.917 m).[3]

Leland Stanford Scott (c. 1910)

Biography

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He set the Amateur Athletic Union record in the pole vault at a meet between Stanford University and Colorado State University on May 27, 1910.[1]

In 1912 he had an appendix removed at Pablola Hospital.[4]

He married Maria Ann McHenry around 1915 and had a son, Leland Stanford Scott, Jr. (1917–1995). By 1918 he was working for the Hall-Scott Motor Car Company and living in Piedmont, California.[5][6]

He died on March 19, 1979, in Oakland, California.[7]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Arthur Swazey Jones (1912). The Pole Vault. p. 7.
  2. ^ McSpadden, Joseph Walker (1912). The American Statesmen's Yearbook. p. 987.
  3. ^ "Scott of Stanford Sets New Pole Vault Record". Riverside Daily Press. May 2, 1910. Retrieved 2015-06-03.
  4. ^ "Leland Scott Is Put Under Knife. Great Pole Vaulter Gets Along Well After an Operation". San Francisco Chronicle. December 19, 1912. Retrieved 2015-06-03.
  5. ^ "Leland Stanford Scott in the World War I draft registration". Selective Service Administration. Retrieved 2015-06-03.
  6. ^ "Leland Stanford Scott in the World War II draft registration". Selective Service Administration. Retrieved 2015-06-03.
  7. ^ "Leland Stanford Scott in the California Death Index". State of California. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)