| 词条 | Henry Roland |
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| name = Henry D. Roland | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1894|03|2}} | birth_place = Germany | death_date = {{Death date and age|1937|10|08|1894|03|2}} | death_place = Ottway / Greeneville, Tennessee | death_cause = Fall from height[1] | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | monuments = | other_names = The Human Fly | citizenship = | education = | alma_mater = | occupation = | years_active = 1924-1937 | employer = | known_for = Free climbing tall buildings | home_town = | spouse = Anna Roland (m. ?. – div. 1928) Blannis Roland | children = Helen | parents = Henry Roland, Sr.[1] | relatives = }}Henry Roland, also known as D.D. Roland, was an American and daredevil and "human fly" [1] who became famous for free climbing buildings around the country in the 1920s and 1930s.[2][3] He began his high flying antics in 1924 to public acclaim. Roland identified himself as The Human Fly, a name that was also used by several other performers with similar acts.[4] CareerRoland traveled the country with his act and climbed buildings as far apart as Texas[5] and Montana. Roland's high profile stunts included climbs of the Cleveland Hotel,[6] the Davis County Courthouse,[2] the Kearny County Courthouse,[7] Allentown National Bank,[8] Roland's 1926 climb of the Tribune Building in Tampa, Florida attracted more than 15,000 viewers.[9] Roland survived one highly publicized fall in his career: "he fell from the third floor of the McAlpin Hotel in New York City. He crashed through an awning on the way down and this broke the force of the fall. It nearly cost him his life, however, and only after many months in a hospital was he able to continue his dare devil occupation." Even a close brush with death could not keep Roland from performing, and he worked to make his shows ever more thrilling after his return. DeathRoland's final act occurred in Greeneville, Tennessee in 1937.[10] He again fell during a stunt but this time there was no awning to break his fall.[11] A contemporary trade magazine set up what happened: "It had long been his ambition to develop a new act that would give more thrills than his former acts, and last winter he realized it by bringing out a high trapeze and awaying pole routing, performed without a safety net, 110 feet above the ground. At the Ottway Fair, Greenville, Tenn.,[sic] October 7, while completing the finale of his trapeze, a forward somersault to ankle catch, a gust of wind blew his trapeze bar from under him and he fell to his death." [12] His death certificate identified a "broken right femur, broken bones of hands, probably internal injuries, probably fractured skull" and concluded that he was killed by a "crush injury" secondary to his fall.[13] References1. ^{{cite journal|journal=LOOK Magazine|year=1937|url=http://2neat.com/magazines/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=230|title=Man balancing on two chairs at edge of tall building roof|accessdate=14 March 2013|quote="D. D. Roland human fly"}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Roland, Henry}}2. ^1 {{cite web|last=Evans|first=Rudy|title=HENRY "DARE-DEVIL" ROLAND, THE AMAZING HUMAN FLY|url=http://www.daviscountycourthouse.com/humanfly.html|publisher=Davis County Courthouse|accessdate=13 February 2013}} 3. ^{{cite news|title=It happened here|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_PBHAAAAIBAJ&sjid=1_8MAAAAIBAJ&dq=henry%20roland%20fly&pg=5337%2C3186470|accessdate=13 February 2013|newspaper=The Morning Record|date=22 September 1975}} 4. ^{{cite book|author=B. R. Hoffman|title=Life After: A Biography|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DkQ1SGasqOsC&pg=PA5|accessdate=13 February 2013|date=31 October 2012|publisher=WestBow Press|isbn=978-1-4497-6956-7|pages=5–6}} 5. ^{{cite news|title=The Human Fly Performed Here|url=http://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth255776/m1/1/|accessdate=14 March 2013|newspaper=The Crosbyton Review|date=17 May 1929}} 6. ^{{cite news|title=2,000 Persons See Human Fly Climb Building|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ozcsAAAAIBAJ&sjid=WsoEAAAAIBAJ&dq=henry%20roland%20fly&pg=6959%2C7542167|accessdate=13 February 2013|newspaper=Herald-Journal|date=Mar 28, 1926}} 7. ^{{cite book|author=Roy T. Bang|title=Heroes Without Medals: A Pioneer History of Kearney County, Nebraska|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=q4wGAQAAIAAJ|accessdate=24 February 2013|year=1952|publisher=Warp Publishing Company|page=128}} 8. ^{{cite news|title=`Human Fly' Buzzes Roofs|url=http://articles.mcall.com/1992-07-23/news/2875493_1_7th-dime-savings-building-roofs|accessdate=13 February 2013|newspaper=The Morning Call|date=July 23, 1992}} 9. ^{{cite news|title=Plans to Climb Bank Building|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=IdlPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=PVQDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2121,4060372&dq=henry+roland+fly&hl=en#|accessdate=13 February 2013|newspaper=The Evening Independent|date=Feb 18, 1926}} 10. ^{{cite news|title=The Final Curtain|newspaper=The Billboard|date=16 October 1937|pages=33|quote=ROLAND -- D.D., 42, aerialist and human fly, a native of Pennsylvania, killed in a 62-foot fall while performing at Greeneville (Tenn.) Community Fair October 7.}} 11. ^{{cite news|title=Fall Kills Aerialist|newspaper=Associated Press in Los Angeles Times|date=Oct 8, 1937|pages=2|quote=GREENEVILLE (Tenn.) D. D. Roland, veteran trapeze performer, was injured fatally late today when he plunged more than sixty feet from a pole on which he was performing at the Ottway Community Fair.}} 12. ^{{cite news|last=Cooke|first=William|title=Tribute to Late D. D. Roland, Noted 'Human Fly' and Aerialist|newspaper=The Billboard|date=Oct 30, 1937|pages=50|quote=It had long been his ambition to develop a new act that would give more thrills than his former acts, and last winter he realized it by bringing out a high trapeze and awaying pole routing, performed without a safety net, 110 feet above the ground. At the Ottway Fair, Greenville, Tenn., October 7, while completing the finale of his trapeze, a forward somersault to ankle catch, a gust of wind blew his trapeze bar from under him and he fell to his death.}} 13. ^1 2 {{Citation| last = Fox| first = H.W.| publication-date =7 October 1937| title =Certificate of Death| type =Death certificate| publisher =State of Tennessee, State Department of Health, Division of Vital Statistics| publication-place =Greene County, Tennessee| accessdate =24 February 2013| format =Electronic copy of original typed paper document}} 5 : 1894 births|1937 deaths|American stunt performers|German emigrants to the United States|Accidental deaths from falls |
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