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Lawrence Whitney
	Whitney at the 1912 Olympics.
Personal information
Birth name	Lawrence Atwood Whitney
Born	February 2, 1891; Millbury, Massachusetts, United States
Died	April 24, 1941 (aged 50); Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Alma mater	Dartmouth College
Height	180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	86 kg (190 lb)
Sport
Country	United States
Event(s)	Shot put; Discus throw
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	Shot put – 14.64 m (1914); Discus throw – 41.42 m (1913)
Medal record
Representing the United States
Olympic Games

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Lawrence "Larry" Atwood Whitney (February 2, 1891 – April 24, 1941) was an American athlete who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.^[1]

Career

Whitney graduated from Worcester Academy in 1911, where he lettered in baseball and basketball, and participated in gymnastics and track and field.^[2] He then graduated from Dartmouth College with a Bachelor of Science in 1915, where he competed in track, football as a fullback, and hockey, under coach Fred Rocque. Whitney was the captain of the football team for the 1914 season, under coach Frank Cavanaugh, who also coached at Worcester Academy while Whitney was there. The team had a 8–1 record that year, shutting out six of their opponents. Whitney, who wore No. 1, earned College Football All-America Team honors in both 1913 and 1914. He was awarded the Kenneth Archibald Prize for his athletic achievements by Dartmouth, alongside Clarence Wanamaker, in 1915.^[3]

Whitney competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics in Sweden. On July 10, he won the bronze medal in the men's shot put, behind Pat McDonald and Ralph Rose, completing an American podium sweep. Whitney also competed in the men's two-handed shot put, finishing 4th, and the men's discus throw, finishing 20th. He also competed in baseball, which was the sport's first appearance as a demonstration, playing right field against Sweden in a 13–3 win. Whitney recorded one at-bat and one run scored.

In 1913, Whitney won the IC4A shot put title, as well as the USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, organized by USA Track & Field, as part of the Amateur Athletic Union. Two years later, he won the same IC4A event again. He retired shortly thereafter.

From 1915 to 1917, Whitney served as assistant football coach for the Penn State Nittany Lions, under coach Dick Harlow. He stepped down from the position to serve in the United States Army during World War I until 1919.

Personal life

A native of Millbury, Whitney, who also went by the nickname "Bud," was born to Walter Lincoln and Martha Horton. On January 26, 1946, Whitney married Katherine Brewster Gray in Boston. He had one stepson: Converse Gray Fenn, who also graduated from Dartmouth in 1938.

Whitney died in Boston in 1941, and was buried in Forest Hills Cemetery there.

In 1984, Whitney was posthumously inducted into the Dartmouth College Wearers of Green Hall of Fame.^[4]

References

External links

Olympedia profile

[1] "Olympedia – Larry Whitney".

[2] "Dartmouth Alumni Magazine — June 1941".

[3] "Kenneth Archibald Prize Winners".

[4] "Lawrence A. Whitney (1984) - Wearers of the Green".

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+| birth_name     = Lawrence Atwood Whitney
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+| death_place    = [[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]], Massachusetts, United States
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-| death_date     = April 24, 1941  (aged 50)
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+'''Lawrence "Larry" Atwood Whitney''' (February 2, 1891 &ndash; April 24, 1941) was an American [[athlete]] who competed in the [[1912 Summer Olympics]].<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/79186 | title=Olympedia – Larry Whitney }}</ref>
+==Career==
-'''Lawrence Atwood "Larry" Whitney''' (February 2, 1891 &ndash; April 24, 1941) was an [[United States|American]] athlete who competed in the [[1912 Summer Olympics]]. He won the bronze medal in the conventional [[shot put]] and placed fourth in the [[Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics – Men's two handed shot put|two-handed shot put]] and 20th in the [[discus throw]]. He also competed in the exhibition [[Baseball at the 1912 Summer Olympics|baseball]] tournament.<ref name=sr/>
+[[File:1914 Dartmouth football team.png|thumb|left|Whitney (upper left), pictured with the rest of the [[1914 Dartmouth football team]].]]
+Whitney graduated from [[Worcester Academy]] in 1911, where he [[letterman (sports)|lettered]] in [[baseball]] and [[basketball]], and participated in [[gymnastics]] and [[track and field]].<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://archive.dartmouthalumnimagazine.com/issue/19410601#!&pid=76 | title=Dartmouth Alumni Magazine — June 1941 }}</ref> He then graduated from [[Dartmouth College]] with a [[Bachelor of Science]] in 1915, where he competed in track, [[Dartmouth Big Green football|football]] as a [[Fullback (American football)|fullback]], and [[Dartmouth Big Green men's ice hockey|hockey]], under coach [[Fred Rocque]]. Whitney was the captain of the football team for the [[1914 Dartmouth football team|1914 season]], under coach [[Frank Cavanaugh (American football)|Frank Cavanaugh]], who also coached at Worcester Academy while Whitney was there. The team had a 8–1 record that year, shutting out six of their opponents. Whitney, who wore No. 1, earned [[College Football All-America Team]] honors in both [[1913 College Football All-America Team|1913]] and [[1914 College Football All-America Team|1914]]. He was awarded the Kenneth Archibald Prize for his athletic achievements by Dartmouth, alongside [[Clarence Wanamaker]], in 1915.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://dartmouthsports.com/sports/2018/9/27/kenneth-archibald-prize-winners.aspx?id=1057 | title=Kenneth Archibald Prize Winners }}</ref>
-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.<ref name=sr/>
+Whitney competed in the [[1912 Summer Olympics]] in [[Sweden]]. On July 10, he won the [[bronze medal]] in the [[Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics – Men's shot put|men's shot put]], behind [[Pat McDonald (shot putter)|Pat McDonald]] and [[Ralph Rose]], completing an American [[podium sweep]]. Whitney also competed in the [[Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics – Men's two-handed shot put|men's two-handed shot put]], finishing 4th, and the [[Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics – Men's discus throw|men's discus throw]], finishing 20th. He also competed in [[Baseball at the 1912 Summer Olympics|baseball]], which was the sport's first appearance as a [[demonstration sport|demonstration]], playing [[right field]] against Sweden in a 13–3 win. Whitney recorded one at-bat and one run scored.
-==References==
-{{Commons category|Lawrence Whitney}}
-{{reflist|refs=
-<ref name=sr>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200417174542/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/wh/larry-whitney-1.html Larry Whitney]. sports-reference.com</ref>
-<ref name=tf>[http://trackfield.brinkster.net/Profile.asp?ID=7194&Gender=M Lawrence Whitney]. trackfield.brinkster.net</ref>
-}}
+In 1913, Whitney won the [[IC4A]] shot put title, as well as the [[USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships]], organized by [[USA Track & Field]], as part of the [[Amateur Athletic Union]]. Two years later, he won the same IC4A event again. He retired shortly thereafter.
-{{Footer US NC shot put Men}}
+From 1915 to 1917, Whitney served as assistant football coach for the [[Penn State Nittany Lions football|Penn State Nittany Lions]], under coach [[Dick Harlow]]. He stepped down from the position to serve in the [[United States Army]] during [[World War I]] until 1919.
+==Personal life==
+A native of [[Millbury, Massachusetts|Millbury]], Whitney, who also went by the nickname "Bud," was born to Walter Lincoln and Martha Horton. On January 26, 1946, Whitney married Katherine Brewster Gray in [[Boston]]. He had one stepson: Converse Gray Fenn, who also graduated from Dartmouth in 1938.
+Whitney died in Boston in 1941, and was buried in [[Forest Hills Cemetery]] there.
+In 1984, Whitney was posthumously inducted into the Dartmouth College Wearers of Green Hall of Fame.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://dartmouthsports.com/honors/wearers-of-the-green/lawrence-a-whitney/536 | title=Lawrence A. Whitney (1984) - Wearers of the Green }}</ref>
+==See also==
+*[[List of 1912 Summer Olympics medal winners]]
+*[[List of Dartmouth College alumni]]
+*[[List of medal sweeps in Olympic athletics]]
+*[[List of Olympic medalists in athletics (men)]]
+*[[List of USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships winners (women)]]
+==References==
+{{reflist}}
+==External links==
+*[https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/79186 Olympedia profile]
+{{Commons category|Lawrence Whitney}}
+{{Footer US NC shot put Men}}
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+{{DEFAULTSORT:Whitney, Lawrence A.}}
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+[[Category:People from Millbury, Massachusetts]]
+[[Category:Worcester Academy alumni]]
+[[Category:Dartmouth Big Green football players]]
+[[Category:Dartmouth Big Green men's ice hockey players]]
 [[Category:American male shot putters]]
-[[Category:Baseball players from Massachusetts]]
+[[Category:American male discus throwers]]
-[[Category:Olympic track and field athletes of the United States]]
-[[Category:Olympic baseball players of the United States]]
 [[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1912 Summer Olympics]]
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-[[Category:Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in track and field]]
-[[Category:Dartmouth Big Green football players]]
-[[Category:Players of American football from Massachusetts]]
 [[Category:Medalists at the 1912 Summer Olympics]]
+[[Category:Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in track and field]]
+[[Category:Olympic baseball players for the United States]]
+[[Category:Penn State Nittany Lions football coaches]]
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+[[Category:United States Army personnel of World War I]]

v t e US National Championship winners in men's shot put
1876–1878 New York Athletic Club	1876–78: Henry Buermeyer
1879–1888 NAAAA	1879–80: A.W. Adams 1881–86: Frank Lambrecht 1887: George Gray/Frank Lambrecht 1888^{Note 1}: Frank Lambrecht
1888–1979 Amateur Athletic Union	1888–94^{Note 1}: George Gray 1895: William Hickok 1896: George Gray 1897: Charles Hennemann 1898–99: Richard Sheldon 1900: Denis Horgan 1901: Fred Beck 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: Orville Wanzer 1924: Ralph Hills 1925: Bud Houser 1926: Herbert Schwarze 1927: John Kuck 1928^OT–31: Herman Brix 1932^OT: Leo Sexton 1933–35: Jack Torrance 1936: Dimitri Zaitz 1937: James Reynolds 1938: Frank Ryan 1939: Lilburn Williams 1940–42: Al Blozis 1943–44: Earl Audet 1945–46: Bill Bangert 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: John McGrath 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: Kevin Akins 1983: Dave Laut 1984: Augie Wolf 1985: Dave Laut 1986–87: John Brenner 1988: Ed Wade 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 2022-23: 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.