Wilson Charles

Wilson Charles
Personal information
Wilson Charles in 1932
Born	April 4, 1908 De Pere, Wisconsin, United States
Died	June 6, 2006 (aged 98) Phoenix, Arizona, United States
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	78 kg (172 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	Long jump, decathlon, 100 m
Club	Haskell Indian Institute
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	LJ – 7.24 m (1931) Decathlon – 6901 (1932) 100 m – 10.7 (1929)^[1]^[2]

Wilson David "Buster" Charles, Jr. (April 4, 1908 – June 6, 2006) was a Native American athlete who finished fourth in the decathlon at the 1932 Summer Olympics. He also competed nationally in basketball and American football. After retiring from sports he worked as an engineer in Phoenix, Arizona. He was inducted into the National Hall of Fame for Famous American Indians.^[1]

References

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1 2 Buster Charles. sports-reference.com
↑ Wilson Charles. trackfield.brinkster.net

US National Championship winners in men's decathlon

1915–1979 Amateur Athletic Union	1915: Alma Richards 1916–19: not held 1920: Brutus Hamilton 1921: Dan Shea 1922: Harrison Thompson 1923: Harold Osborn 1924: Tony Plansky 1925–26: Harold Osborn 1927: Fait Elkins 1928–29: Ken Doherty 1930: Wilson Charles 1931: Jess Mortensen 1932: James Bausch 1933: Barney Berlinger 1934–35: Bob Clark 1936: Glenn Morris 1937: not held 1938–39: Joe Scott 1940: Bill Watson 1941: John Borican 1942: Bill Terwilliger 1943: Bill Watson 1944: Irv Mondschein 1945: Charles Beaudry 1946–47: Irv Mondschein 1948–50: Bob Mathias 1951: Bob Richards 1952: Bob Mathias 1953: Milt Campbell 1954–55: Bob Richards 1956: Rafer Johnson 1957: Charles Pratt 1958: Rafer Johnson 1959: C.K. Yang (TPE) * David Edstrom 1960: Rafer Johnson 1961: Paul Herman 1962: C.K. Yang (TPE) * Paul Herman 1963: Steve Pauly 1964: C.K. Yang (TPE) * Paul Herman 1965–69: Bill Toomey 1970: John Warkentin 1971: Rick Wanamaker 1972–73: Jeff Bennett 1974: Bruce Jenner 1975: Fred Samara 1976: Bruce Jenner 1977: Fred Dixon 1978: Mike Hill 1979: Bobby Coffman

1980–1992 The Athletics Congress	1980: Bob Coffman 1981–82: John Crist 1983: Mark Anderson 1984: John Crist 1985: John Sayre 1986: Dave Johnson 1987: Tim Bright 1988: Gary Kinder 1989–90: Dave Johnson 1991: Dan O'Brien 1992: Dave Johnson

1993-onwards USA Track & Field	1993–96: Dan O'Brien 1997: Steve Fritz 1998–99: Chris Huffins 2000: Tom Pappas 2001: Kip Janvrin 2002–03: Tom Pappas 2004–05: Bryan Clay 2006–07: Tom Pappas 2008: Bryan Clay 2009: Trey Hardee 2010: Jake Arnold 2011–13: Ashton Eaton 2014–15: Trey Hardee 2016: Ashton Eaton

Notes	The 1920, 1928, 1932, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2016 championships incorporated the Olympic Trials, otherwise held as a discrete event.

1932 USA Olympic Track & Field Team

Qualification	1932 United States Olympic Trials (track and field)

Men's track & road athletes	Edgar Ablowich (r) Percy Beard Bill Carr Bill Chisholm Ernest Crosbie Frank Crowley Glenn Cunningham Glen Dawson Dan Dean Hector Dyer (r) Ben Eastman Ivan Fuqua (r) Eddie Genung James Gordon Lou Gregory Norwood Hallowell Glenn Hardin Joe Healey Jimmy Henigan Ralph Hill Harry Hinkel Chuck Hornbostel Jack Keller Bob Kiesel (r) Joe McCluskey Ralph Metcalfe Albert Michelsen Hans Oldag Tom Ottey Eino Pentti Walter Pritchard Paul Rekers George Saling George Simpson Morgan Taylor Eddie Tolan Emmett Toppino (r) Edwin Turner Karl Warner (r) Frank Wykoff (r)

Men's field athletes	John Anderson Dick Barber Lee Bartlett Jim Bausch Sidney Bowman Wilson Charles Ken Churchill Clyde Coffman Frank Conner Sol Furth Ed Gordon Bill Graber Nelson Gray George Jefferson Paul Jessup Cornelius Johnson Henri LaBorde Grant MacDougall Malcolm Metcalf Bill Miller Lambert Redd Rolland Romero Harlow Rothert Leo Sexton George Spitz Bob Van Osdel Pete Zaremba

Women's track athletes	Mary Carew (r) Babe Didrikson Evelyn Furtsch (r) Evelyne Hall Ethel Harrington Annette Rogers (r) Simone Schaller Wilhelmina von Bremen Elizabeth Wilde

Women's field athletes	Lillian Copeland Babe Didrikson Nan Gindele Margaret Jenkins Ruth Osburn Annette Rogers Gloria Russell Jean Shiley

Non-competing relay pool members	Arnold Adams Tidye Pickett Louise Stokes

Coaches	Lawson Robertson (men's head coach) Eddie Farrell (men's assistant coach) Harry Hillman (men's assistant coach) Jack Magee (men's assistant coach) George Vreeland (women's coach)

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