William Porter (athlete)

Bill Porter
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing the United States
Olympic Games
	1948 London	110 m hurdles

William ("Bill") Franklin Porter II (March 24, 1926 – March 10, 2000) was an American track and field athlete, winner of 110-meter hurdles at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

Born in Essex Township, Michigan, William Porter attended The Hill School in Pottstown, Pennsylvania and graduated class of 44'. Then attending Western Michigan University.

Porter won his only AAU Championship title in 1948 in 110 m hurdles and thus qualified to the Olympic Games. Although the best American hurdler Harrison Dillard did not qualify to the Olympics, the three Americans Porter, Clyde Scott and Craig Dixon were headlong over the rest of the field in the Olympic final. From the start to finish they ran almost neck to neck, with the others some five yards behind. In the finish, Porter gained a clear win with Scott beating Dixon by inches for second place.

After his athletics career, Porter worked for the Northwestern Alumni Association Board and later opened a sales agency in California.

William Porter died in Irvine, California.

References

Sports Reference USATF 110 Hurdle Champions Northwestern University

Olympic champions in men's 110 m hurdles

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.

1948 USA Olympic Track & Field Team

Qualification	1948 United States Olympic Trials (track and field)

Men's track & road athletes	Dick Ault Herb Barten Dave Bolen Cliff Bourland Bob Chambers Roy Cochran Ernest Crosbie John Deni Harrison Dillard Craig Dixon Clem Eischen Barney Ewell Don Gehrmann Herman Goffberg George Guida Art Harnden Johnny Kelley Jeff Kirk Henry Laskau Ollie Manninen Bob McMillen Eddie O'Toole Whitey Overton Mel Patton Bill Porter Clarence Robison Browning Ross Clyde Scott Fred Sharaga Roland Sink Curt Stone Jerry Thompson Ted Vogel Ernest Weber Adolf Weinacker Mal Whitfield Fred Wilt Lorenzo Wright (r)

Men's field athletes	Bill Albans Bob Beckus Bob Bennett Martin Biles Bill Burton Jim Delaney Herb Douglas Henry Dreyer Dwight Eddleman Sam Felton Vic Frank Jim Fuchs Fortune Gordien Erkki Koutonen Bob Likins Bob Mathias Vern McGrew Irving "Moon" Mondschein Boo Morcom Bob Richards Steve Seymour Floyd Simmons Guinn Smith George Stanich Willie Steele Wilbur Thompson Lorenzo Wright

Women's track athletes	Mae Faggs Nell Jackson Theresa Manuel Audrey Patterson Bernice Robinson Mabel Walker Jean Walraven Lillian Young

Women's field athletes	Alice Coachman Dorothy Dodson Frances Kaszubski Theresa Manuel Bernice Robinson Emma Reed Jean Walraven Lillian Young

Coaches	Dean Cromwell (men's head coach) Emmett Brunson (men's assistant coach) Ward Haylett (men's assistant coach) Tom Jones (men's assistant coach) Emil Von Elling (men's assistant coach) Fred Travalena (road event coach) Catherine Meyer (women's coach)

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