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John Kuck competing in shot put at the Coliseum, Los Angeles, circa 1928-1930

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Title: John Kuck competing in shot put at the Coliseum, Los Angeles, circa 1928-1930
Date Created and/or Issued: [circa 1928-1930]
1928/1930
Publication Information: Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information: US
UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4988
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds.
John Henry Kuck was an American athlete who won a gold medal in the shot put at the 1928 Summer Olympics setting a new world record at 15.87 m. Before the Olympics, as a student at Kansas State Teachers College (Emporia State University) he was the 1926 national collegiate champion and world record holder in both the shot put and javelin.
Handwritten on negative: John Kuck
Text from negative sleeve: Kuck, John. Track.
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_5410
ark:/21198/zz002cvf5q
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Track and field athletes--California--Los Angeles
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Kuck, John, 1905-1986
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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