Charles Moore (athlete)
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| Born |
Charles Hewes Moore, Jr. August 12, 1929 (age 87) Coatesville, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
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| Nationality | United States | |||||||||||||||
| Alma mater |
Mercersburg Academy '47 Cornell University '52 |
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| Spouse(s) | Judith M. Moore (m. 1971-present) | |||||||||||||||
| Children | 8 | |||||||||||||||
| Parent(s) | Charles Hewes Moore, Sr. (father) Jane Scott Moore (mother) |
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| Country | United States | |||||||||||||||
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| Event(s) |
400 metre hurdles 4 × 400 metres relay |
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| College team | Cornell Big Red | |||||||||||||||
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Charles Hewes Moore, Jr. (born August 12, 1929) is an American former track and field athlete, as well as a renowned philanthropist, businessman, and champion of societal reform. Moore won a gold medal in the 400 metre hurdles in the 1952 Summer Olympics with a time of 50.8 seconds, narrowly missing the world record of 50.6 seconds. He had set the American record (50.7 seconds) during Olympic qualifying. He also ran the third leg of the second-place 4×400 metres relay at the Olympics. Moore finished second for the James E. Sullivan Award for top U.S. athlete in 1952, and was selected as one of "100 Golden Olympians" in 1996. In 1999, he was inducted into the United States National Track and Field Hall of Fame.
Moore did not start his track and field career until attending Mercersburg Academy as a junior, where he was coached by the infamous Jimmy Curran, who recommended he try hurdling based on his father's success with the event. His father, Charles "Crip" Moore, Sr. was a notable hurdler who made the U.S. team as an alternate in the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris.
He would continue with track and field as a student at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, where he enrolled in 1947, but was limited to four years eligibility. In his fifth and final year, preceding his performance at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, he continued to compete through the New York Athletic Club.
As a student at Cornell University, Moore won NCAA titles in the 440-yard race in 1949 and the 220-yard hurdles in 1952. He won the indoor IC4A 600-yard run in 1950 and the indoor Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) 600-yard run in 1952, setting meet records in both races. He also won four straight AAU titles in the 400 metre hurdles from 1949 to 1952.
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