Fred Powers

John Frederick Powers (September 9 At the 1899 Amateur Athletic Union Track and Field Championships, Powers won the overall title with 6203 points. He won the sixteen pound shot put, running high jump, 880 yard walk, sixteen pound hammer throw, the 120 yard hurdles, the running broad jump, and the pole vault and was 1,500 points ahead of his nearest competitor. After winning the title, Powers was persuaded by Mike Murphy to join the New York Athletic Club. A bout of typhoid fever ended his pursuit of the 1900 AAU title. He returned to Notre Dame in 1902 and planned on rejoining the track team, however the Amateur Athletic Union deemed that he was a professional because he had been a paid coach. He immediately left Notre Dame and competed in professional track meets. In 1900, he was the track coach at Worcester High School. In 1913, he was named trainer of the Harvard field athletes. From 1923 to 1937, he was the track coach at Brown. From 1938 to 1943, he was a recreation supervisor for the Work Projects Administration.