Jerry Tarr

Jerry Tarr
Personal information
Position:	WR
Date of birth:	(1939-08-27) August 27, 1939
Place of birth:	Bakersfield, California
Career information
College:	Oregon
AFL draft:	1962 / Round: 17 / Pick: 2
Career history
Denver Broncos (1962)
Career highlights and awards
U of Oregon Athletic HOF Oregon Sports HOF

Gerald LaVern Tarr (born August 27, 1939 in Bakersfield, California) is a former collegiate and professional American football player who played in one AFL season (1962) for the Denver Broncos. Tarr was also a successful college track and field athlete.

Tarr attended the University of Oregon, where he was a two-sport athlete in football and track. In track, Tarr was a member of Oregon's 4 x 110 yard relay team with Mike Gaechter, Harry Jerome, and Mel Renfro, which set a world record in 1962.

Tarr's main event, however, was the 120-yard hurdles. He was the first athlete to win back-to-back NCAA titles in the high hurdles in 1961 and 1962, and in doing so, helped Oregon win its first ever NCAA Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championship in 1962.^[1]

Like his relay mates Renfro and Gaechter, Tarr decided to play professional football rather than continue his track career. He played one season with the Denver Broncos of the AFL.

Tarr is a member of the University of Oregon Athletic Hall of Fame and the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame.

References

↑ "Jerry Tarr". GoDucks.com. Retrieved 2007-10-05.

US National Championship winners in men's 110 m/120 yd hurdles

1876–1878 New York Athletic Club	1876: George Hitchcock 1877–78: Edwards Ficken

1879–1888 NAAAA	1879: Edward Haigh 1880: H.H. Moritz 1881–82: James Tivey (GBR) 1883–84: Silas Safford 1885–87: Alexander Jordan 1888^{Note 1}: Al Copland

1888–1979 Amateur Athletic Union	1888^{Note 1}: Alexander Jordan 1889: George Schwegler 1890: Fred Ducharme 1891: Al Copland 1892–93: Fred Puffer 1894–95: Stephen Chase 1896: William Rogers 1897: John Thompson 1898–99: Alvin Kraenzlein 1900: Ralph Hutchinson 1901: Walter Fishleigh 1902: R.H. Hadfield 1903: Frederick Schule 1904: Frank Castleman 1905: Hugo Friend 1906: William Armstrong 1907: Forrest Smithson 1908: Arthur Shaw 1909: Forrest Smithson 1910: John Case 1911: Arthur Shaw 1912: John Nicholson 1913: Fred Kelly 1914: Harry Goelitz 1915: Feg Murray 1916: Robert Simpson 1917: Harold Barron 1918: Earl Thomson (CAN) 1919: Robert Simpson 1920: Harold Barron 1921–22: Earl Thomson (CAN) 1923: Karl Anderson 1924: Ivan Riley 1925: George Guthrie 1926: Leighton Dye 1927: Chuck Werner 1928–30: Steve Anderson 1931: Percy Beard 1932: Jack Keller 1933: John Morriss 1934–35: Percy Beard 1936: Forrest Towns 1937: Allan Tolmich 1938: Fred Wolcott 1939: Joe Batiste 1940–41: Fred Wolcott 1942–43: Bill Cummins 1944: Owen Cassidy 1945: Charles Morgan 1946–47: Harrison Dillard 1948: William Porter 1949: Craig Dixon 1950–51: Dick Attlesey 1952: Harrison Dillard 1953–54: Jack Davis 1955: Milt Campbell 1956–57: Lee Calhoun 1958: Hayes Jones 1959: Lee Calhoun 1960–61: Hayes Jones 1962: Jerry Tarr 1963–64: Hayes Jones 1965–67: Willie Davenport 1968: Earl McCullouch 1969: Willie Davenport & Leon Coleman 1970: Thomas Hill 1971–72: Rod Milburn 1973: Thomas Hill 1974: Charles Foster 1975: Jerry Wilson 1976: Thomas Hill 1977: James Owens & Charles Foster 1978–79: Renaldo Nehemiah

1980–1992 The Athletics Congress	1980: Renaldo Nehemiah 1981: Greg Foster 1982: Willie Gault 1983: Greg Foster 1984: Tonie Campbell 1985: Roger Kingdom 1986–87: Greg Foster 1988–90: Roger Kingdom 1991: Greg Foster 1992: Jack Pierce

1993–present USA Track & Field	1993: Jack Pierce 1994: Mark Crear 1995: Roger Kingdom 1996–97: Allen Johnson 1998: Reggie Torian 1999: Mark Crear 2000–03: Allen Johnson 2004: Terrence Trammell 2005: Allen Johnson 2006: Dominique Arnold 2007: Terrence Trammell 2008: David Oliver 2009: David Payne 2010–11: David Oliver 2012: Aries Merritt 2013: Ryan Wilson 2014: Devon Allen 2015: David Oliver 2016: Devon Allen

Notes	Note 1: In 1888 both the NAAAA and the AAU held championships 120 yd hurdles 1876–1927, 1929–31, 1953–55, 1957–58, 1961–63, 1965–67 and 1969–71; 110 m hurdles otherwise. First place was shared in 1969 and 1977. The 1920, 1928, 1932, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2016 championships incorporated the Olympic Trials, otherwise held as a discrete event.

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