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Encyclopedia > Morris Kirksey

Morris Marshall Kirksey (September 13, 1895 - November 25, 1981) was an American athlete and rugby player, winner of two gold medals at the 1920 Summer Olympics.


Born in Waxahachie, Texas, Morris Kirksey is one of four athletes to win gold medals in two Olympic sports.


At the Antwerpen Olympics, at first Kirksey finished second in 100 m behind Charlie Paddock and six days later he anchored the 4x100 relay team to gold medal with a world record time of 42.2. Two weeks later, Kirksey won his second gold medal, helping the American rugby team to beat France 8-0.


As an Stanford University student, Kirsey won the IC4A championships in 100 yd in 1921 and repeated the Paddock's world record in 100 yd of 9.6.


Kirksey earned a bachelor's degree in philosophy from Stanford and then a degree from St. Louis Medical College. He worked as a staff psychiatrist for the state Department of Corrections, assigned to San Quentin and Folsom prisons.


Morris Kirksey died in San Mateo, California, aged 86.

Olympic medalists in athletics (men) | Olympic Champions in Men's 4x100 m relay
1912 Great Britain David Jacobs, Henry Macintosh, Victor d'Arcy & William Applegarth
1920 United States Charlie Paddock, Jackson Scholz, Loren Murchison & Morris Kirksey
1924 United States Loren Murchison, Louis Clarke, Frank Hussey & Alfred LeConey
1928 United States Frank Wykoff, James Quinn, Charles Borah & Henry Russell
1932 United States Robert Kiesel, Emmett Toppino, Hector Dyer & Frank Wykoff
1936 United States Jesse Owens, Ralph Metcalfe, Foy Draper & Frank Wykoff
1948 United States Barney Ewell, Lorenzo Wright, Harrison Dillard & Mel Patton
1952 United States Dean Smith, Harrison Dillard, Lindy Remigino & Andy Stanfield
1956 United States Ira Murchison, Leamon King, Thane Baker & Bobby Joe Morrow
1960 United team of Germany Bernd Cullmann, Armin Hary, Walter Mahlendorf & Martin Lauer
1964 United States Otis Drayton, Gerald Ashworth, Richard Stebbins & Bob Hayes
1968 United States Charles Greene, Melvin Pender, Ronnie Ray Smith & Jim Hines
1972 United States Larry Black, Robert Taylor, Gerald Tinker & Edward Hart
1976 United States Harvey Glance, John Wesley Jones, Millard Hampton & Steven Riddick
1980 Soviet Union Vladimir Muravyov, Nikolay Sidorov, Aleksandr Aksinin & Andrey Prokofyev
1984 United States Sam Graddy, Ron Brown, Calvin Smith & Carl Lewis
1988 Soviet Union Viktor Bryzgin, Vladimir Krylov, Vladimir Muravyov & Vitaly Savin
1992 United States Mike Marsh, Leroy Burrell, Dennis Mitchell & Carl Lewis
1996 Canada Robert Esmie, Glenroy Gilbert, Bruny Surin & Donovan Bailey
2000 United States Jon Drummond, Bernard Williams, Brian Lewis & Maurice Greene
2004 Great Britain Jason Gardener, Darren Campbell, Marlon Devonish & Mark Lewis-Francis

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Morris Kirksey at AllExperts (242 words)
Morris Marshall Kirksey (September 13, 1895 - November 25, 1981) was an American athlete and rugby player, winner of two gold medals at the 1920 Summer Olympics.
Born in Waxahachie, Texas, Morris Kirksey is one of four athletes to win gold medals in two Olympic sports.
Morris Kirksey died in San Mateo, California, aged 86.
Rugby at the 1924 olympics (3717 words)
Morris Kirksey, gold medalist in the sprint relay and silver medallist in the 100 metres on the track in 1920, was a member of the gold medal rugby team in 1920.
Morris Kirksey, another Stanford man, lost the 1920 Olympic gold in the 100 meters by 18 inches to fellow American and world record holder Charles Paddock.
Kirksey then added a gold in the 4x100 relay to his silver in the 100.
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