Tag Archives: Knickerbocker A.C.
Harry Hillman
Harry Hillman (Track and field. Born, Brooklyn, NY, Sept. 8, 1881; died, Hanover, NH, Aug. 9, 1945.) Starting in 1899 with the Knickerbocker A.C., Harry Livingston Hillman, Jr., was primarily a hurdler. Hillman, a bank teller by trade, joined the New York A.C. in 1902, two years before he won three Olympic golds. Hillman was […]
Clarence Cone
Clarence Cone (Track and field. Born, New York, NY, July 18, 1870; died, New York, NY, July 18, 1947.) A long-time member of the old Knickerbocker A.C., Clarence Cone helped organize the first regular marathon held in the United States, Sept. 19, 1896, which was run at a 25-mile distance from Stamford, Conn., to what […]
