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Title: John Kuck, Olympic shot putter, circa 1926-1928
Date Created and/or Issued: [circa 1926-1928]
1926/1928
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
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds.
John Kuck, shot put athlete, wearing a uniform with a letter "K" and wings logo.
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.
Mistakenly filed in the negative envelope for Peter B. Kyne.
Handwritten on negative: John Kuck
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_5412
ark:/21198/zz002cvf7r
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Track and field athletes
Kuck, John, 1905-1986
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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