Gay Bryan

Gaylord Damian "Gay" Bryan (May 1, 1927 – April 25, 2015) was a male long and triple jumper from the United States, who competed in the 1940s and 1950s for his native country. Bryan set his personal best in the men's long jump event (7.74 metres) on April 9, 1949, at a meet in Westwood. He failed to qualify for the Summer Olympics (1948 and 1952) during his career. He won the gold medal in the long jump at the 1951 Pan American Games and was a four-time national champion in the triple jump.

Bryan competed collegiately for Stanford University and is a member of the school's Athletic Hall of Fame.^[1]

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
1948		Milwaukee, Wisconsin	1st	Triple jump
1949	US National Championships	Fresno, California	1st	Long jump
1949	US National Championships	Fresno, California	1st	Triple jump
1950	US National Championships	College Park, Maryland	4th	Long jump
1950	US National Championships	College Park, Maryland	1st	Triple jump
1951	US National Championships	Berkeley, California	2nd	Long jump
	US National Championships	Berkeley, California	1st	Triple jump
	Pan American Games	Buenos Aires, Argentina	1st	Long jump
1952	US National Championships	Long Beach, California	5th	Triple jump

References

^ "Hall of Fame: Gaylord Bryan". Stanford Department of Athletics. Retrieved May 12, 2014.

Profile

Pan American Champions in men's long jump

v t e 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: Edward 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: Savanté 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 2017: Jarrion Lawson 2018: Jeff Henderson 2019: Ja'Mari Ward 2021^{2020 OT}: JuVaughn Harrison
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.

v t e US National Champions in men's triple jump
1888-1979 Amateur Athletic Union	1893: Edward Bloss 1894-1908: Not held 1909: Frank Irons 1910–11: Dan Ahearn 1912: Platt Adams 1913–18: Dan Ahearn 1919-20: Sherman Landers 1921: Kaufman Geist 1922-23: DeHart Hubbard 1924-25: Homer Martin 1926-28: Levi Casey 1929: Robert Kelley 1930: Levi Casey 1931: Robert Kelley 1932: Sidney Bowman 1933: Nathan Blair 1934: Dudley Wilkins 1935: Rolland Romero 1936–37: Billy Brown 1938–39: Herschel Neil 1940–43: Billy Brown 1944: Don Barksdale 1945: Burton Cox 1946: Ralph Tate 1947: Bob Beckus 1948–51: Gay Bryan 1952: Walter Ashbaugh 1953: George Shaw 1954: Claudio Cabreja (CUB) * Pat Lochiatto 1955: Victor Hernandez (CUB) Bill Sharpe 1956: Willie Hollie 1957: Bill Sharpe 1958–60: Ira Davis 1961–62: Bill Sharpe 1963: Kent Floerke 1964: Christos Mousiadis (GRE) Ira Davis 1965–66: Art Walker 1967: Charles Craig 1968: Art Walker 1969: John Craft 1970: Milan Tiff 1971–74: John Craft 1975: Anthony Terry 1976: Tommy Haynes 1977: Milan Tiff 1978: James Butts 1979: Ron Livers
1980-1992 The Athletics Congress	1980–81: Willie Banks 1982: Robert Cannon 1983: Willie Banks 1984: Al Joyner 1985: Willie Banks 1986: Charlie Simpkins 1987–89: Mike Conley 1990–91: Kenny Harrison 1992: Charlie Simpkins
1993-onwards USA Track & Field	1993–95: Mike Conley 1996–97: Kenny Harrison 1998–99: LaMark Carter 2000: Robert Howard 2001: LaMark Carter 2002: Walter Davis 2003: Kenta Bell 2004: Melvin Lister 2005–06: Walter Davis 2007–08: Aarik Wilson 2009: Brandon Roulhac 2010: Kenta Bell 2011–12: Christian Taylor 2013: Omar Craddock 2014: Will Claye 2015: Omar Craddock 2016-7: Will Claye 2018–19: Donald Scott 2021^{2020 OT}: Will Claye
Notes	2020 OT: The 2020 Olympic Trials were delayed and held in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.