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词条 Barney Berlinger
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  1. Sports career

  2. Later life

  3. Accolades and awards

  4. References

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Bernard Ernst "Barney" Berlinger (March 13, 1908 – December 2, 2002) was an American decathlete. He competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics and won the James E. Sullivan Award in 1931.

Sports career

Barney Berlinger was a multi-sport athlete in high school, attending William Penn Charter School and later Mercersburg Academy, where he was coached by the Scots American trainer Jimmy Curran.[4][5] In addition to competing in many track and field events, he played both football and basketball[4][5] and dabbled in wrestling, boxing and baseball.[2] At the University of Pennsylvania, however, coached by Lawson Robertson,[2][3] he started focusing on track and field and especially decathlon.[4][1]

Berlinger pulled a tendon at the 1928 Penn Relays,[2] but recovered to place third at the Olympic Trials later that summer with 7362 points.[2][4] As the top four were selected, that was enough to make the Olympic team.[4] In the Olympic decathlon, however, he only scored 6619 points and placed 17th.[1]

Berlinger won the first of three consecutive Penn Relays decathlons in 1929[1] – his achievement being recognized by the decathlon trophy being retired.[5] He broke the meeting record on each of those occasions;[6][7] in 1930 he scored 7460 points, his new personal best.[22][8] Later that year he became national champion in the non-Olympic pentathlon.[1]

Berlinger became the Penn Quakers' team captain in 1931, his senior year.[1] He won the Penn Relays decathlon for a third and final time that year, his tally of 7735 points being only 49 short of Ken Doherty's American record.[9]

He was one of nine American star athletes sent on a goodwill tour of South Africa that summer,[4][10][11]

and he broke the all-comers records there in several events.[12] Despite only finishing fifth at the national championships,[13] Berlinger still topped the vote for that year's James E. Sullivan Award;[32] he was the first track and field athlete to receive the award, as golfer Bobby Jones had won the inaugural award the previous year.[14]

Berlinger missed most of the 1932 indoor season due to an injured back.[15] That summer he concentrated on starting his business career, deciding not to try out for a place at the Olympic Games in Los Angeles;[35] however, he resumed training the following winter.[16] At the start of the year in March 1933, Berlinger staged his comeback after the disappointments of 1932, by beating the defending Olympic decathlon champion Jim Bausch in a head-to—head 'septathlon' contest indoors at Madison Square Gardens in New York City.[17]

He won his only national decathlon title in 1933 with a score of 7597[18][39][19][20] despite jogging through the final event, 1500 meters, so slowly (7:03.1) that he received no points at all.[21]

Due to his versatility and key roles in his teams, Berlinger was at times called a "one-man track team".[4][22][23] In high school, he did indeed win Mercersburg a team title by himself.[4] He remained active in the sport even after retiring from competition for good; in 1936 he returned to the University of Pennsylvania as a deputy for the injured Robertson,[24] and after World War II he worked as an instructor for Army coaches in Europe.[4] In 1952, he was honored by President Dwight D. Eisenhower by being nominated as a special emissary in the president's People-to-People Sports Program.[5]

Later life

Berlinger graduated from Penn in 1931 with a degree in economics.[5]

Berlinger started working for Quaker City Gear Works, a family-owned gear company, in 1932.[25][26] He remained with the company for the rest of his professional life, eventually retiring as its president in 1978.[25][27] He died of heart failure at his home in Carversville, Pennsylvania, in 2002 and was survived by his wife, Marguerite, as well as two children and seven grandchildren.[25] His son, Barney Jr., was a top college football player at the University of Pennsylvania where he captained Penn's first formal Ivy League championship team in 1959.[28]

During his working life, Berlinger was issued with several patents, for example one for 'continuous shaft brake for fishing reels' in 1940.[29]

Accolades and awards

In 1931, Berlinger was awarded the James E. Sullivan Award for being judged the outstanding amateur American sportsman that year.

The same year he was awarded the title of the United States best amateur athlete by the National Sportswriters Association.[30]

In 1996, Berlinger was inducted as a member of the inaugural class in the Penn Athletics Hall of Fame.[31] His son, Barney Berlinger Jr. was also inducted in the same class.

References

1. ^Berlinger Breaks Decathlon Record as Nine Meet Marks Fall in Penn Relays, New York Times, April 25, 1931
2. ^1 2 3 4 5 {{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1955&dat=19280708&id=Tr8hAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Fp0FAAAAIBAJ&pg=4483,1296700 |newspaper=Reading Eagle |title=Scion of Berks Family to Compete in Olympic Games at Amsterdam |date=July 8, 1928 |accessdate=April 12, 2014}}
3. ^{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1499&dat=19310618&id=lxgaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=KCIEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6659,988114 |date=June 18, 1931 |accessdate=April 14, 2014 |title=Barney Berlinger Likes Baseball Best of All |newspaper=The Milwaukee Journal}}
4. ^1 {{cite web |url=http://www.trackandfieldnews.com/index.php/special-articles/1151 |format=PDF |title=The History of the United States Olympic Trials – Track & Field |author=Hymans, Richard |publisher = USA Track & Field; Track & Field News |accessdate=April 12, 2014}}
5. ^1 2 {{cite web |url=http://www.archives.upenn.edu/people/1900s/berlinger_bernard_e.html |title=Bernard Ernst Berlinger (1908–2002) |publisher=Penn Biographies, Penn University Archives & Record Centre |accessdate=April 29, 2014}}
6. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.thepennrelays.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=1720&ATCLID=205112333 |publisher=Penn Relays |accessdate=April 12, 2014 |date=March 13, 2011 |title=A Relays Birthday: Barney Berlinger – March 13, 1908 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413142402/http://www.thepennrelays.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=1720&ATCLID=205112333 |archivedate=April 13, 2014 |df= }}
7. ^{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1144&dat=19290427&id=y28bAAAAIBAJ&sjid=_koEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3768,5355162 |date=April 27, 1929 |accessdate=April 12, 2014 |title=Berlinger Captures Decathlon at Penn Relays |newspaper=The Pittsburgh Press}}
8. ^{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1817&dat=19310424&id=f30-AAAAIBAJ&sjid=3EsMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4444,5284049 |title=Berlinger Seeks Another Victory at Penn Relays |newspaper=The Tuscaloosa News |date=April 24, 1931 |accessdate=April 12, 2014}}
9. ^{{cite news |url=https://newspaperarchive.com/us/missouri/jefferson-city/daily-capital-news/1931/04-25/page-4 |newspaper=Daily Capital News |title=Barney Berlinger Wins Decathlon in Penn Relays |accessdate=April 12, 2014 |date=April 25, 1931}}
10. ^{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1946&dat=19310709&id=ULAtAAAAIBAJ&sjid=XowFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2108,1139821 |newspaper=The Montreal Gazette |title=Berlinger Sails |date=July 9, 1931 |accessdate=April 12, 2014}}
11. ^{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1955&dat=19310705&id=2RcxAAAAIBAJ&sjid=bOEFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3530,1227673 |title=Yankee Track Stars to Perform in Africa |date=July 8, 1931 |accessdate=August 4, 2013 |publisher=Reading Eagle}}
12. ^{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1368&dat=19310829&id=yE1QAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Jg0EAAAAIBAJ&pg=6417,4538964 |title=Yankee Track Stars Beaten, But Team Wins |date=August 29, 1931 |accessdate=April 12, 2014 |newspaper=The Milwaukee Sentinel}}
13. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.trackandfieldnews.com/index.php/tafn-presults?list_id=36&sex_id=M&event_id=30 |title=A History Of The Results Of The National Track & Field Championships Of The USA From 1876 Through 2011 |author1=Mallon, Bill |author2=Buchanan, Ian |author3=Track & Field News |accessdate=April 12, 2014 |publisher=Track & Field News}}
14. ^1 {{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2209&dat=19311231&id=LxlAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=haQMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1314,16372 |newspaper=The Telegraph |date=December 31, 1931 |accessdate=April 12, 2014 |title=Berlinger Wins Sullivan Medal}}
15. ^{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1955&dat=19320225&id=aR8xAAAAIBAJ&sjid=3OEFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2825,4105647 |title=Berlinger to Make 1932 Track Debut Saturday |newspaper=Reading Eagle |accessdate=April 12, 2014 |date=February 25, 1932}}
16. ^{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1955&dat=19321201&id=Y24hAAAAIBAJ&sjid=wocFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3800,195006 |newspaper=Reading Eagle |title=Barney Berlinger Returns to Track |accessdate=April 12, 2014 |date=December 1, 1932}}
17. ^{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1955&dat=19330323&id=6CIxAAAAIBAJ&sjid=7-EFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5368,3151132 |title='Sport Slants', Alan Gould, |newspaper=Reading Eagle |date=March 23, 1933 |accessdate=April 29, 2014}}
18. ^1 {{cite web |url=http://www.decathlon2000.com/upload/file/pdf/person/Berlinger.pdf |format=pdf |publisher=decathlon2000.com |title=Berlinger, Bernard Ernst |accessdate=April 12, 2014}}
19. ^{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1964&dat=19330702&id=kcNGAAAAIBAJ&sjid=mDMNAAAAIBAJ&pg=5213,134212 |newspaper=The Palm Beach Post |date=July 2, 1933 |accessdate=April 12, 2014 |title=Berlinger Returns, Wins Decathlon Title}}
20. ^{{cite web |url=http://decathlonusa.typepad.com/deca/files/2008_us_olympic_trials_decathlon_handbook.pdf |format=PDF |author=Zarnowski, Frank |title=Media Guide / Handbook US Olympic Team Decathlon Trials and 89th National Championships |accessdate=April 12, 2014}}
21. ^1 {{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=888&dat=19330702&id=9eVPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=2U0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6778,859819 |newspaper=St. Petersburg Times |date=July 2, 1933 |accessdate=April 12, 2014 |title=Barney Berlinger Captures Decathlon Championship}}
22. ^{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1499&dat=19310424&id=7rAWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=uyEEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4678,559588 |newspaper=The Milwaukee Journal |date=April 24, 1931 |accessdate=April 12, 2014 |title=The Berlinger Test}}
23. ^{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1243&dat=19310527&id=bDhPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=USEEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4066,450419 |title=Western Teams Look Best at Eastern Meet |date=May 27, 1931 |accessdate=April 12, 2014 |newspaper=The Bend Bulletin}}
24. ^{{cite news |url=https://newspaperarchive.com/us/pennsylvania/chester/chester-times/1936/01-24/page-13 |newspaper=Chester Times |date=January 24, 1936 |accessdate=April 14, 2014 |title=Berlinger To Aid Robertson}}
25. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 {{cite web |url=http://articles.philly.com/2002-12-05/news/25359397_1_decathlon-champion-track-and-field-sullivan-award |publisher=philly.com |title=Bernard E. Berlinger, 94, decathlon champion |author=Holmes, Kristin E. |date=December 5, 2002 |accessdate=April 12, 2014}}
26. ^1 {{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1955&dat=19320615&id=EO8xAAAAIBAJ&sjid=1eIFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6102,2433392 |title=Berlinger May Not Compete In Olympics |newspaper=Reading Eagle |date=June 15, 1932 |accessdate=April 12, 2014}}
27. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 {{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/be/barney-berlinger-1.html |title=Barney Berlinger Bio, Stats and Results |accessdate=April 12, 2014 |publisher=Sports Reference LLC}}
28. ^{{cite web |url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1134001/7/index.htm |publisher=Sports Illustrated |date=November 30, 1959 |accessdate=April 12, 2014 |title=Here Are The Best Of The Ivies}}
29. ^{{ cite web |url=https://www.google.com/patents/US2454590 |title=Patent number US 2454590 A, Patented Nov. 23, 1948 |publisher=UNITED STATES PATENT}}
30. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.apnewsarchive.com/2002/Decathlon-Champion-Bernard-Berlinger-Dies/id-ceab719e6c7d9ea632d7db7d941bb80c |title=Decathlon Champion Bernard Berlinger Dies. |publisher=Associated Press |date=December 2, 2002 |accessdate=April 29, 2014}}
31. ^{{ cite web|url=http://www.pennathletics.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=235512 |title='Inaugural class – Inducted April 13, 1996' |publisher=Penn Athletics Hall of Fame |accessdate=April 29, 2014 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140429221111/http://www.pennathletics.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=235512 |archivedate=April 29, 2014 |df= }}
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