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Earl Thomas

Earl Thomson

  • Class
  • Induction
    2014
  • Sport(s)
Dartmouth ‘22

A world record holder and Olympic gold medalist, Thomson ran some of his best races on the Franklin Field track. A three-time winner of the 120-yard hurdles, he ran 15.0 to equal the meet record in 1922 and also won the discus that year. Thomson went on to become the head coach at the Naval Academy, which became the first Eastern team to win the NCAA track title.
 
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