| 词条 | Deacon Jones (athlete) |
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|name = Charles "Deacon" Jones |image = Charles deacon jones cropped.jpg | image_size = 200px |caption = Jones running the 3000 meter steeplechase at the 1960 Summer Olympics |birth_date=August 31, 1934 |birth_place= Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States |death_date=September 7, 2007 (aged 73) |death_place=Hillside, Illinois, United States | height = {{convert|5|ft|10|in|m|abbr=on}} | weight = {{convert|146|lb|kg|abbr=on}} |collegeteam = Iowa |sport = Track |event = Steeplechase |pb = 3k steeple: 8:42.4[1] | club = U.S. Army |coach= |show-medals=yes | medaltemplates={{MedalCountry|the {{USA}}}}{{MedalCompetition|Pan American Games}}{{MedalSilver|1959| Steeplechase}} }}Charles Nicholas "Deacon" Jones (August 31, 1934 – September 7, 2007) was an American steeplechase runner. He competed at the 1956 and 1960 Olympics and finished in ninth and seventh place, respectively. He was a three-time AAU champion (1957–58 and 1961) and won a silver medal at the 1959 Pan American Games.[2] Running careerYouth{{Quote_box||align=left |quote="I was definitely a rarity in those days...I was a black athlete from Nebraska who was a distance runner. People kind of did a double-take when they saw me out there." |source=Deacon Jones in 2005.[3] |}} At the age of 13, Jones won a mile race at an intramural track meet in Boys Town, Nebraska, in a time of 4:35. He ran the race in street shoes, and was especially motivated by ice cream as a reward for the top race finishers.[3] He went on to post a time of 4:17.6 in the mile in 1954 as a high school student, a national high school record at the time.[3][4] In addition to track, he played as a halfback for the Boys Town High School football team, as a guard on their basketball team, and played right fielder on the baseball team.[3] The basketball team he played on made it to Nebraska's state high school championships, and was an all-state performer in football.[3] His coach, George Pfeifer, said that Jones was "the best all-around athlete I ever saw."[3] He turned 19 years old on August 31 his senior year of high school, losing eligibility to run races in his last year of high school.[3] He ran for a year in addition to working as an umpire at baseball games, and played both baseball and basketball with Bob Gibson.[3] {{cquote|"If not for Boys Town, I probably would have met the fate of a lot of kids I grew up with in St. Paul...A lot of those kids fell on bad times. A lot of them went to prison. I am very thankful for my time at Boys Town. That place saved my life." -Jones in 2005.[3]}}CollegiateJones was recruited by University of Iowa. He went on to win the men's 6.4 kilometer race at the 1955 NCAA Cross Country Championships in 19:57.4.[5] It was the first time a sophomore ever won the championship.[6] By the time he graduated from Iowa, he set the school record in the 3000 meter steeplechase at 8:47.4.[6] Post-collegiateJones was the only American to qualify for the final heat in the men's 3000-meter steeplechase at the 1956 Summer Olympics. He finished in ninth overall. He was the men's runner-up in the 3000 meter steeplechase at the 1959 Pan American Games. It was during this competition where Jones met Cassius Clay before he changed his name to Muhammad Ali. Having been a barber in his childhood, Jones gave many people haircuts. Clay walked into his dorm and asked for a haircut.[3] After Jones cut his hair, Clay wasn't satisfied and talked trash. And so Jones replied to him, "If you want a better haircut, you have to come in here with better hair."[3] References1. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.iaaf.org/athletes/united-states/charles-jones-014355779|work=IAAF|title=Charles JONES - Athlete Profile}} {{Commons category|Deacon Jones (athlete)}}{{Footer US NC Steeplechase Men}}{{Footer USA Track & Field 1956 Summer Olympics}}{{Footer USA Track & Field 1960 Summer Olympics}}{{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Jones, Deacon}}2. ^{{cite web|title=Deacon Jones |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/jo/deacon-jones-1.html|publisher=sports-reference}} 3. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 {{cite web|url=https://www.omaha.com/sports/few-kept-up-with-jones/article_d0684a8e-21db-11e5-be81-37f89a096995.html|author=Craig Sesker|work=Omaha World-Herald|title=Few kept up with Jones|date=August 31, 2005|accessdate=November 3, 2018}} 4. ^ High School Mile/2 mile Record Progression. Accessed November 3, 2018. 5. ^{{cite web|title=NCAA Men's Division I Cross Country Championship|url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/m_cross_country_champs_records/2013-14/DIMCC.pdf|work=NCAA|publisher=NCAA.org|accessdate=December 30, 2014|pages=7–9}} 6. ^1 {{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cP7rCdVdFFcC&pg=PA103&lpg=PA103&dq=charles+deacon+jones+runner&source=bl&ots=mpN7HQYGLb&sig=WaZVnx8UOStzeW7-_FMDP57kglc&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjt4cKP6bjeAhUnhOAKHWuQBE4Q6AEwCHoECAQQAQ#v=onepage&q=charles%20deacon%20jones%20runner&f=false|author=Mike Finn, Chad Leistikow|title=Hawkeye Legends, Lists, & Lore|page=103}} 9 : 1934 births|2007 deaths|American male steeplechase runners|Olympic track and field athletes of the United States|Athletes (track and field) at the 1956 Summer Olympics|Athletes (track and field) at the 1960 Summer Olympics|Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States|Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field)|Athletes (track and field) at the 1959 Pan American Games |
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