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In 1912–13, 1913–14, 1914–15 and 1916–17 the Irish American Athletic Club had a team, the New York Irish-Americans, represented in the American Amateur Hockey League. [11] The team was coached by James C. "Jimmy" O'Brien and had on its roster for various seasons future NHL players Tom McCarthy and Moylan McDonnell .
John L. Sullivan – last bare-knuckle boxing heavyweight champion of the world; first gloved heavyweight champion of the world; first American athlete to become a national celebrity and to earn over $1 million; Andrew Anglin – Neo-Nazi, founder, and proprietor of The Daily Stormer; a white supremacist, anti-Semitic news and commentary website.
IAAF African Circuit International Meeting of Algiers Algiers, Algeria Pole vault: 5.36 m Brian McGovern: 23 March 2013 ASU Invitational Tempe, United States [23] Long jump: 8.07 m (+1.4 m/s) Ciaran McDonagh: 21 August 2005 Resisprint International Meeting La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland Triple jump: 15.99 m (+1.4 m/s) Samuel Okantey: 2 May 2015
Frank Riley, wearing the 'Winged Fist' of the Irish American Athletic Club, from the 1910 Hassan Cigarettes trading card. Frank Nicholas Riley (July 3, 1887 – October 30, 1950) was an American athlete, and member of the Irish American Athletic Club. He was a member of the U.S. Olympic team in the 1908 Summer Olympics in London. [1]
Martin John Sheridan (March 28, 1881 – March 27, 1918) was an Irish-American athlete and three time Olympic Games gold medallist in discus throw. [ 1 ] Born in Bohola , County Mayo , Ireland, he was a participant of both the 1904 and the 1908 Olympic Games , and was part of a group of Irish-American athletes known as the " Irish Whales ".
James Brendan Bennet Connolly (Irish: Séamas Breandán Ó Conghaile, October 28, 1868 – January 20, 1957) was an American athlete and author. In 1896, he became the first modern Olympic champion. [ 1 ] [ 2 ]
Brady, the most famous NFL player out of eight on the list, came in at No. 21, proving that American football still has a ways to go. The NBA's growing global popularity is apparent, with 13 ...
John Flanagan and Martin Sheridan of the Irish American Athletic Club, with fellow Irishman James Mitchell of the New York Athletic Club at the 1904 Olympic Games in St. Louis, Missouri. John Joseph Flanagan (sometimes spelled Flannigan ; [ 1 ] [ 2 ] January 28, 1868 – June 3, 1938) was an Irish-American three-time Olympic gold medalist in ...