plattadams

American Olympian in the 1908 & 1912 games. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platt_Adams

Thanks for the information. We'll add it to the source catalog.

Another picture featuringPlatt Adams, here.

To quote Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platt_Adams : Platt Adams (March 23, 1885 – February 27, 1961) was an American athlete. He competed for the United States in the 1908 Summer Olympics held in London and in the 1912 Summer Olympics held in Stockholm, Sweden.

Platt Adams (b.1885), his brother Ben Adams (b.1890), and Jim Duncan (b.1887) were American track & field athletes who competed in the 1912 Olympic games in Stockholm. Platt Adams won the silver medal in the standing long jump and the gold medal in the standing high jump: www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=ADA... Ben Adams won the bronze medal in standing long jump and the silver medal in standing high jump: www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=ADA... Olympics.com Jim Duncan won the bronze medal in the discus throw: www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=DUN...; This photo looks as though it was taken on board a ship. It might have been taken on the occasion of the team's departure for Europe. The American Olympic team sailed for Stockholm on June 14, 1912, on board the USS Finland, which had been chartered for the voyage by the American Olympic Committee: en.wikipedia.org/wiki?title=USS_Finland

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platt_Adams en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Willard_Adams en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Duncan_(athlete)

whyaduck: Thanks for the more complete names of these athletes. We will expand the caption of this photograph to reflect these details.

Platt Adams (1885-1961) was an athlete from the New York Athletic Club. [1]  He was the USA Track & Field Champion in the standing long jump four times from 1908-1916. [2] He competed for the United States in the Olympic Games in 1908 and 1912. At the 1912 Summer Olympic Games in Stockholm, he won the Gold Medal for the high jump at 5'4 1/4", and the Silver Medal for the long jump at 11' 1/2". [3] In 1910, Platt Adams was featured on a Hassan Cigarettes Champions Card. There are other LOC photos of Platt Adams on Flickr using this tag.

Thanks so much, Pixel Wrangler, for clarifying the name and filling in the useful biographical information. We'll fill in the name and date (thanks Wystan) for this image next time we update the record.