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Established on January 30, 1898, originally as the "Greater New York Irish Athletic Association", they shortened the name to the Irish American Athletic Club a few years later. They purchased a plot of land in what was then called Laurel Hill, Long Island, near Calvary Cemetery, Queens , and built a state-of-the-art athletic facility on what ...
Melvin Whinfield "Peerless Mel" Sheppard (September 5, 1883 – January 4, 1942) was an American athlete, member of the Irish American Athletic Club, and winner of four gold medals and one silver medal at the 1908 Summer Olympics and 1912 Summer Olympics.
Eamonn Healy - Irish-American professor of chemistry, organic chemistry, and biochemistry. As a member of the Dewar research group he co-authored Austin Model 1, or AM1, a semi-empirical method for the quantum calculation of molecular electronic structure in computational chemistry. David Madigan - Professor of Statistics with over 200 publications
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]
The most famous athlete born in every state. ... Scottie Pippen was a key member of two of the greatest teams the sport of basketball has ever seen: the '90s Chicago Bulls and the original Dream ...
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 × 400 m relay: 3:08.83 Ireland Rob Daly Gary Ryan David Gillick David McCarthy: 7 March 2004
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 Joseph Hayes (April 10, 1886 – August 25, 1965) was an American athlete, a member of the Irish American Athletic Club, and winner of the marathon race at the 1908 Summer Olympics. Hayes' Olympic victory contributed to the early growth of long-distance running and marathoning in the United States.