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    Melvin Whinfield "Peerless Mel" Sheppard (September 5, 1883 – January 4, 1942) was an American athlete, member of the Irish American Athletic Club, and...
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  • Lianne Sheppard, American statistician Lito Sheppard (born 1981), American football cornerback Mark Sheppard (born 1964), English actor Mel Sheppard (1883–1942)...
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    details Mel Sheppard  United States Emilio Lunghi  Italy Hanns Braun  Germany 1912 Stockholm details Ted Meredith  United States Mel Sheppard  United...
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  • assistant coach) Jack Ryder (men's assistant coach) Henry Schulte (men's assistant coach) Dink Templeton (men's assistant coach) Mel Sheppard (women's coach)...
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    September 2 – Rudolf Weigl, Polish biologist (d. 1957) September 5 – Mel Sheppard, American Olympic athlete (d. 1942) September 13 – August Zaleski, 6th...
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    details Mel Sheppard  United States Emilio Lunghi  Italy Hanns Braun  Germany 1912 Stockholm details Ted Meredith  United States Mel Sheppard  United...
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    men's indoor 800-meter dash 1906–1979 Amateur Athletic Union 1906–7: Mel Sheppard 1908–10: Harry Gissing 1911: Abel Kiviat 1912: no meet 1913–4: Abel Kiviat...
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    artistic gymnast who was the 1986 U.S. Women's All-Around National Champion Mel Sheppard (1883–1942), middle-distance runner who won a total of four gold medals...
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    (5–1–0) 1908 winners table London, United Kingdom 110 110 107 107 324  Mel Sheppard (USA) (3–0–0)  Henry Taylor (GBR) (3–0–0)  Benjamin Jones (GBR) (2–1–0)...
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    Pahud de Mortanges  Netherlands Equestrian 1924–1936 Summer M 4 1 0 5 Mel Sheppard  United States Athletics 1908–1912 Summer M 4 1 0 5 Ecaterina Szabo  Romania...
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    remember Mel Sheppard won the first of his 4 Olympic golds 100 years ago.", The Philadelphia Inquirer, July 14, 2008. Accessed December 27, 2013. "Sheppard was...
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    Medal Name Sport Event Date  Gold Mel Sheppard Athletics Men's 800 m July 21 Men's 1500 m July 14  Gold Johnny Hayes Athletics Men's marathon July 24  Gold...
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    men's indoor 800-meter dash 1906–1979 Amateur Athletic Union 1906–7: Mel Sheppard 1908–10: Harry Gissing 1911: Abel Kiviat 1912: no meet 1913–4: Abel Kiviat...
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  • The event was won by Mel Sheppard of the United States, the second consecutive Games an American had won the event. Sheppard, like Jim Lightbody in...
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    Verner  United States Lacey Hearn  United States 1908 London details Mel Sheppard  United States Harold Wilson  Great Britain Norman Hallows  Great Britain...
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    assistant coach) Jack Ryder (men's assistant coach) Henry Schulte (men's assistant coach) Dink Templeton (men's assistant coach) Mel Sheppard (women's coach)...
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  • Harry Schaaf, Mel Sheppard, Harry Gissing, James Rosenberger 3:16.6 United States  United States Stockholm, Sweden 1912-06-15 Mel Sheppard, Charles Reidpath...
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    hurdles July 12  Gold Edward Lindberg, Ted Meredith, Charles Reidpath, Mel Sheppard Athletics Men's 4 × 400 m relay July 9  Gold Tell Berna, George Bonhag...
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  • feminist (b. 1876) January 4 Sydney Fairbrother, British actress (b. 1872) Mel Sheppard, American Olympic athlete (b. 1883) Otis Skinner, American actor (b....
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    assistant coach) Jack Ryder (men's assistant coach) Henry Schulte (men's assistant coach) Dink Templeton (men's assistant coach) Mel Sheppard (women's coach)...
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  • progression 600 yard world record progression This was a handicap race, and Sheppard was not the winner of the event: some sources exclude this time as a record...
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    field athletes Carl Lewis, John Taylor, Jean Shiley, Barney Berlinger, Mel Sheppard, Ted Meredith, Horace Ashenfelter, Leroy Burrell, Kim Gallagher, Bill...
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    men's indoor 800-meter dash 1906–1979 Amateur Athletic Union 1906–7: Mel Sheppard 1908–10: Harry Gissing 1911: Abel Kiviat 1912: no meet 1913–4: Abel Kiviat...
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    men's indoor 800-meter dash 1906–1979 Amateur Athletic Union 1906–7: Mel Sheppard 1908–10: Harry Gissing 1911: Abel Kiviat 1912: no meet 1913–4: Abel Kiviat...
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    1908, Olympic champion Mel Sheppard, the silver medalist Emilio Lunghi, and the bronze medalist Hanns Braun, returned. Sheppard was among the favorites...
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    1908 returned: gold medalist Mel Sheppard of the United States and fourth-place finisher John Tait of Canada. Sheppard was among the favorites, along...
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    awarded 800 metres details Mel Sheppard  United States Emilio Lunghi  Italy Hanns Braun  Germany 1500 metres details Mel Sheppard  United States Harold Wilson...
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