DeHart Hubbard
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He subsequently set a long jump world record of 25 feet 10 3⁄4 inches (7.89 m) at Chicago in June 1925 and equaled the world record of 9.6 seconds for the 100-yard dash at Cincinnati, Ohio a year later.
He attended and graduated from Walnut Hills High School in Cincinnati, graduated with honors from the University of Michigan in 1927 where he was a three-time National Collegiate Athletic Association champion (1923 & 1925 outdoor long jump, 1925 100-yard dash) and seven-time Big Ten Conference champion in track and field (1923 & 1925 indoor 50-yard dash, 1923, 1924, & 1925 outdoor long jump, 1924 & 1925 outdoor 100-yard dash). His 1925 outdoor long jump of 25 feet 10 1⁄2 inches (7.89 m) stood as the Michigan Wolverines team record until 1980, and it still stands second.[1][2] His 1925 jump of 25 feet 3 1⁄2 inches (7.71 m) stood as a Big Ten Championships record until Jesse Owens broke it on with what is now the current record of 26 feet 8 1⁄4 inches (8.13 m) in 1935.[3]
Upon college graduation, he accepted a position as the supervisor of the Department of Colored Work for the Cincinnati Public Recreation Commission. He remained in this position until 1941. He then accepted a job as the manager of Valley Homes, a public housing project in Cincinnati. In 1942 he moved to Cleveland, Ohio where he served as a race relations adviser for the Federal Housing Authority. He retired in 1969. He died in Cleveland in 1976. Hubbard was posthumously inducted into the University of Michigan Hall of Honor in 1979; he was part of the second class inducted into the Hall of Honor.[4] He was a member of the Omega Psi Phi fraternity.[5] In addition to participating in track and field events, Hubbard also was an avid bowler. He served as the president of the National Bowling Association during the 1950s. He also founded the Cincinnati Tigers, a professional baseball team, which played in the Negro American League. In 1957, Hubbard was elected to the National Track Hall of Fame. In 2010, the Brothers of Omega Psi Phi,Incorporated, PHI Chapter established a scholarship fund honoring William DeHart Hubbard; the fund is endowed through the University of Michigan and donations can be forwarded to the University of Michigan, The William DeHart Hubbard Scholarship Fund.
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- Jump up ^ "The Record Book (through the 2006 season)" (PDF). MGoBlue.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-02-29. Retrieved 2008-01-08.
- Jump up ^ Hergott, Jeremiah, ed. (2008). Two Thousand Eight Michigan Men's Track & Field. Frye Printing.
- Jump up ^ "Big Ten Conference Records Book 2007-08: Men's Track and Field". Big Ten Conference, Inc. 2007. Retrieved 2007-11-12.
- Jump up ^ "Michigan Athletic Hall of Honor". The Regents of the University of Michigan. Retrieved 2007-12-11.
- Jump up ^ "Famous Omega Men". Omega Psi Phi Fraternity. Retrieved 2009-04-17.
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- William DeHart Hubbard at the Cincinnati Historical Society Library.
- 1924 passport photo of William DeHart Hubbard
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- 1903 births
- 1976 deaths
- African-American track and field athletes
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1924 Summer Olympics
- American long jumpers
- Michigan Wolverines track and field athletes
- Olympic track and field athletes of the United States
- Olympic gold medalists for the United States
- People from Cincinnati, Ohio
- Olympic medalists in athletics (track and field)
- University of Michigan alumni
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