Homer Baker

Homer Baker
Personal information

Nationality	USA
Born	(1893-06-08)June 8, 1893 Buffalo, Erie County, NY
Died	November 25, 1977(1977-11-25) (aged 84) Williamsport, PA
Sport
Country	United States
Sport	Runner
Achievements and titles
National finals	US Champion, Half-mile(1913 and 1914), British Champion, 880-yards(1914)

Homer Baker (June 8, 1893 – November 25, 1977) was an American, middle-distance track and field athlete. He became US national half-mile champion in 1913 and 1914.^[1] He toured Europe during 1914 and won the British 880-yard crown from the famed Albert Hill.^[2] Baker had poor eyesight and withdrew from running for 18 months after a 1917 accident in the New York subway.^[3] He did the 880 yards (half-mile) in 1,56,4 and 660 yards in 1,20,4 (world record holding up for 26 years).^[4] In 1923 he was appointed physical director in the Panama Canal Zone.^[5]

References

↑ Racine Journal News, May 11, 1917
↑ Press Telegram(CA), April 23, 1952
↑ Iowa City Citizen, January 2, 1919
↑ The Fairport Herald Mail, December 14, 1977
↑ Indianapolis Star, May 6, 1923

US National Championship winners in the men's 800-meter run

1876–2016	1876: Harold Lambe 1877: Romulus Colgate 1878: Edward Merritt 1879–80: Lon Myers 1881: Walter Smith 1882: William Goodwin 1883: Tom Murphy 1884: Lon Myers 1885: Herbert Mitchell 1886: Charles Smith 1887–88: George Tracey 1888: Wm. Moffatt 1889: R.A. Ward 1890: Harry Dadmun 1891: Walter Dohm 1892–93: Theodore Turner 1894–96: Charles Kilpatrick 1897: John Cregan 1898: Thomas Burke 1899: Herbert Manvel 1900: Alex Grant 1901: Howard Hayes 1902: John Wright 1903–04: Howard Valentine 1905: James Lightbody 1906–08: Mel Sheppard 1909: Clar. Edmundsen 1910: Harry Gissing 1911–12: Mel Sheppard 1913–14: Homer Baker 1915: Leroy Campbell 1916: Don Scott 1917: Mike Devaney 1918: Tom Campbell 1919: Joie Ray 1920: Earl Eby 1921–22: Alan Helffrich 1923: Ray Watson 1924: Edward Kirby 1925: Alan Helffrich 1926: Alva Martin 1927: Ray Watson 1928: Lloyd Hahn 1929: Phil Edwards 1930–32: Eddie Genung 1933: Glenn Cunningham 1934: Ben Eastman 1935: Elroy Robinson 1936: Charles Beetham 1937: John Woodruff 1938: Howard Borck 1939–41: Charles Beetham 1942: John Borican 1943: Bill Hulse 1944–45: Bob Kelley 1946: John Fulton 1947: Reggie Pearman 1948: Herb Barten 1949–51: Mal Whitfield 1952: Reggie Pearman 1953–54: Mal Whitfield 1955–56: Arnie Sowell 1957–58: Tom Courtney 1959: Tom Murphy 1960: Jim Cerveny 1961: Jim Dupree 1962: Jerry Siebert 1963: Bill Crothers (CAN) * Jim Dupree 1964: Jerry Siebert 1965: Morgan Groth 1966: Tom Farrell 1967–68: Wade Bell 1969: Byron Dyce (JAM) * Juris Luzins 1970: Ken Swenson 1971: Juris Luzins 1972: Dave Wottle 1973–74: Rick Wohlhuter 1975: Mark Enyeart 1976: James Robinson 1977: Mark Belger 1978–82: James Robinson 1983: Dave Patrick 1984: James Robinson 1985–87: Johnny Gray 1988: Mark Everett 1989: Johnny Gray 1990–91: Mark Everett 1992: Johnny Gray 1993–94: Mark Everett 1995: Brandon Rock 1996: Johnny Gray 1997–98: Mark Everett 1999: Khadevis Robinson 2000: Mark Everett 2001–03: David Krummenacker 2004: Jonathan Johnson 2005–07: Khadevis Robinson 2008–12: Nick Symmonds 2013–14: Duane Solomon 2015: Nick Symmonds 2016: Clayton Murphy

Notes	Note 1: In 1888 both the NAAAA and the AAU held championships OT: The 1920, 1928, 1932, and since 1992, championships incorporated the Olympic Trials, otherwise held as a discrete event.

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