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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 .
In 1912, he competed against the famous Native American champion athlete Jim Thorpe twice. The first time was at the 1912 Olympic pentathlon tryouts held at the Irish American Athletic Club’s stadium, Celtic Park in Queens, New York, on May 18. Brodd defeated Thorpe with a javelin throw of 157 feet, 6 inches, more than 20 feet better than ...
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 ...
William Russell Grace (1832–1904) – mayor of New York City and founder of W. R. Grace and Company; John Holahan – creator of Lucky Charms; Herb Kelleher – Southwest Airlines chairman [11] Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. – SEC chairman, former ambassador to the UK and father of President JFK. John Leahy – COO of Airbus; commercial pilot
View of a night-time baseball game at Yankee Stadium between the New York Yankees and the Minnesota Twins. This is a list of professional and semi-professional sports teams based in the New York metropolitan area, including from New York City, Long Island, Lower Hudson Valley, Northern and Central New Jersey, and parts of Western Connecticut.
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 ...
New York City, United States [74] 3000 m walk: 11:06.69 Alex Wright: 2 February 2019 Irish Championships Abbotstown, Ireland [75] 5000 m walk: 18:50.70 Alex Wright: 18 February 2017 Irish Championships Dublin, Ireland [76] 4 × 200 m relay: 1:26.59 Ireland Gary Ryan Mark Howard David McCarthy Paul Hession: 10 January 2002 Dublin, Ireland 4 × ...
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 ".