Jim Bausch American athlete (1906–1974)
James Bausch
Bausch in 1931
Born James Aloysius Bernard Bausch (1906-03-29 ) March 29, 1906Died July 9, 1974(1974-07-09) (aged 68) Height 188 cm (6 ft 2 in) Weight 95 kg (209 lb) Football career Position Halfback Listed height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Listed weight 200 lb (91 kg) High school Wichita CathedralWichita, Kansas ) College Kansas
Sport Athletics Event
Decathlon Club Kansas City Athletic Club Personal best(s) PV – 4.05 m (1930)[ 2]
James Aloysius Bernard "Jarring Jim" Bausch (March 29, 1906 – July 9, 1974) was an American athlete who played collegiate and professional football and competed in track and field , mainly in the decathlon .
Biography
Bausch grew up in and attended school in Garden Plain, Kansas , before finishing and graduating from Cathedral High School in Wichita, Kansas , and went to college at the University of Kansas , where he starred in football and basketball . Bausch was an All-American for the Kansas Jayhawks track and field team, finishing 6th in the shot put at the 1930 NCAA Track and Field Championships .[ 3] 1932 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles in the decathlon. Bausch only placed fifth after the first day, but splendid performances in the discus throw and pole vault helped him to build an insurmountable lead and win the gold medal over the heavily favored Finnish athlete Akilles Järvinen .[ 4]
Bausch played college football at the Municipal University of Wichita, now known as Wichita State University , and the University of Kansas . He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1954.[ 5] halfback in the National Football League (NFL) for the Chicago Cardinals and Cincinnati Reds .[ 6]
After retiring from competitions, Bausch tried a career as a nightclub singer before becoming an insurance salesman. During World War II , while serving with the U.S. Navy in the Pacific, he contracted osteomyelitis , and the associated pain resulted in alcoholism. Bausch eventually overcame both problems, and in his later years helped other osteomyelitis patients.[ 1]
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All-around Pentathlon Decathlon
1915–1979Amateur Athletic Union 1980–1992The Athletics Congress 1993-onwardsUSA Track & Field Notes
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