Ed Gordon (athlete)

Olympic medal record
Men's athletics
Representing the United States
	1932 Los Angeles	Long jump

Edward Lansing "Ed" Gordon, Jr. (July 1, 1908 – September 5, 1971) was an American athlete, who competed mainly in the long jump.

He was born in Jackson, Mississippi and died in Detroit, Michigan.

At the 1928 Summer Olympics he finished seventh in the long jump competition.

He competed for the United States in the 1932 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles, United States, where he won the gold medal in the long jump.

His son Edward Lansing Gordon III is the current host of Our World with Black Enterprise and has worked for BET, CBS News, NBC News, and NPR.

External links

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Olympic champions in men's long jump

US National Championship winners in men's long jump

1876–1878 New York Athletic Club	1876: Isaiah Frazier 1877: William Livingston 1878: William Willmer

1879–1888 NAAAA	1879: Frank Kilpatrick 1880–81: John Voorhees 1882: John Jenkins 1883–86: Malcolm Ford 1887: Alexander Jordan 1888^{Note 1}: Victor Schifferstein

1888–1979 Amateur Athletic Union	1888^{Note 1}: William Halpin 1889: Malcolm Ford 1890: Al Copland 1891: Charles Reber 1892: Eugene Goff 1893: Charles Reber 1894: Eugene Goff 1895–97: Edward Bloss 1898: Myer Prinstein 1899: Alvin Kraenzlein 1900–01: Harry McDonald 1902: Myer Prinstein 1903: Percival Molson 1904: Myer Prinstein 1905: Hugo Friend 1906: Myer Prinstein 1907: Daniel Kelly 1908: Platt Adams 1909–10: Frank Irons 1911–12: Platt Adams 1913: Phil Stiles 1914: Platt Adams 1915–16: Harry Worthington 1917: Joseph Irish 1918: David Politzer 1919: Floyd Smart 1920^OT: Sol Butler 1921: Ed Gourdin 1922–27: DeHart Hubbard 1928^OT: Ed Hamm 1929: Edward Gordon 1930–31: Al Bates 1932^OT: Edward Gordon 1933–34: Jesse Owens 1935: Eulace Peacock 1936: Jesse Owens 1937: Kermit King 1938–39: William Lacefield 1940–42: Billy Brown 1943: William Christopher 1944: William Lund 1945: Herb Douglas 1946–47: Willie Steele 1948: Fred Johnson 1949: Gay Bryan 1950: Jim Holland 1951–53: George Brown 1954: John Bennett 1955: Greg Bell 1956–58: Ernie Shelby 1959: Greg Bell 1960: Henk Visser (NED) * Joel Wiley 1961–66: Ralph Boston 1967: Jerry Proctor 1968–69: Bob Beamon 1970: Bouncy Moore 1971–72: Arnie Robinson 1973: Randy Williams 1974: Bouncy Moore 1975–78: Arnie Robinson 1979: Larry Myricks

1980–1992 The Athletics Congress	1980: Larry Myricks 1981–83: Carl Lewis 1984: Mike McRae 1985: Mike Conley, Sr. 1986–87: Carl Lewis 1988: Eric Metcalf 1989: Larry Myricks 1990: Mike Powell 1991: Carl Lewis 1992^OT: Mike Powell

1993–onwards USA Track & Field	1993–96^OT: Mike Powell 1997: Joe Greene 1998: Roland McGhee 1999: Kevin Dilworth 2000^OT: Melvin Lister 2001–02: Savante Stringfellow 2003–04^OT: Dwight Phillips 2005: Miguel Pate 2006: Brian Johnson 2007: Dwight Phillips 2008^OT: Trevell Quinley 2009–10: Dwight Phillips 2011–12^OT: Marquise Goodwin 2013: George Kitchens 2014: Jeff Henderson 2015: Marquis Dendy 2016: Jeff Henderson

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.

1928 USA Olympic Track & Field Team

Qualification	1928 United States Olympic Trials (track and field)

Men's track & road athletes	David Abbott Bill Agee Fred Alderman (r) Steve Anderson George Baird (r) Ray Barbuti Charley Borah Claude Bracey Nick Carter John Collier Ray Conger Frank Cuhel Henry Cumming Melvin Dalton Clarence DeMar Leighton Dye Harvey Frick Earl Fuller Walter Gegan Johnny Gibson Lloyd Hahn Charles Haworth Jimmy Henigan Leo Lermond Robert Maxwell Bob McAllister Albert Michelsen Jesse Montgomery Charley Paddock Hermon Phillips Jimmy Quinn (r) Joie Ray Carl Ring Sid Robinson John Romig Henry Russell Jackson Scholz John Sittig Macauley Smith Euil Snider Emerson Spencer (r) William Spencer Morgan Taylor Joe Tierney Ray Watson Frank Wykoff

Men's field athletes	John Anderson Lee Barnes Lee Bartlett Al Bates Barney Berlinger Edmund Black Lloyd Bourgeois Sidney Bowman Herman Brix Sabin Carr Levi Casey Kenneth Caskey Tom Churchill Frank Conner James Corson Ken Doherty William Droegemueller Ed Gordon Don Gwinn Ed Hamm Charles Harlow Ben Hedges Creth Hines Bud Houser DeHart Hubbard Bob Kelley Bob King Eric Krenz John Kuck Charles McGinnis Harold Osborn Harlow Rothert Arthur Sager James Stewart Fred Weicker

Women's track athletes	Dee Boeckmann Elta Cartwright Jessie Cross (r) Florence MacDonald Loretta McNeil (r) Betty Robinson Anne Vrana Mary Washburn Rayma Wilson

Women's field athletes	Lillian Copeland Marion Holley Margaret Jenkins Rena MacDonald Catherine Maguire Maybelle Reichardt Jean Shiley Mildred Wiley

Coaches	Lawson Robertson (men's head coach) Johnny Behr (men's assistant coach) Dean Cromwell (men's assistant coach) Eddie Farrell (men's assistant coach) Harry Hillman (men's assistant coach) Wilbur Hutsell (men's assistant coach) Tom Keane (men's assistant coach) Jack Magee (men's assistant coach) Jack Ryder (men's assistant coach) Henry Schulte (men's assistant coach) Dink Templeton (men's assistant coach) Mel Sheppard (women's coach)

1932 USA Olympic Track & Field Team

Qualification	1932 United States Olympic Trials (track and field)

Men's track & road athletes	Edgar Ablowich (r) Percy Beard Bill Carr Bill Chisholm Ernest Crosbie Frank Crowley Glenn Cunningham Glen Dawson Dan Dean Hector Dyer (r) Ben Eastman Ivan Fuqua (r) Eddie Genung James Gordon Lou Gregory Norwood Hallowell Glenn Hardin Joe Healey Jimmy Henigan Ralph Hill Harry Hinkel Chuck Hornbostel Jack Keller Bob Kiesel (r) Joe McCluskey Ralph Metcalfe Albert Michelsen Hans Oldag Tom Ottey Eino Pentti Walter Pritchard Paul Rekers George Saling George Simpson Morgan Taylor Eddie Tolan Emmett Toppino (r) Edwin Turner Karl Warner (r) Frank Wykoff (r)

Men's field athletes	John Anderson Dick Barber Lee Bartlett Jim Bausch Sidney Bowman Wilson Charles Ken Churchill Clyde Coffman Frank Conner Sol Furth Ed Gordon Bill Graber Nelson Gray George Jefferson Paul Jessup Cornelius Johnson Henri LaBorde Grant MacDougall Malcolm Metcalf Bill Miller Lambert Redd Rolland Romero Harlow Rothert Leo Sexton George Spitz Bob Van Osdel Pete Zaremba

Women's track athletes	Mary Carew (r) Babe Didrikson Evelyn Furtsch (r) Evelyne Hall Ethel Harrington Annette Rogers (r) Simone Schaller Wilhelmina von Bremen Elizabeth Wilde

Women's field athletes	Lillian Copeland Babe Didrikson Nan Gindele Margaret Jenkins Ruth Osburn Annette Rogers Gloria Russell Jean Shiley

Non-competing relay pool members	Arnold Adams Tidye Pickett Louise Stokes

Coaches	Lawson Robertson (men's head coach) Eddie Farrell (men's assistant coach) Harry Hillman (men's assistant coach) Jack Magee (men's assistant coach) George Vreeland (women's coach)

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