James Crowley

James F. "Jim" Crowley was an American athlete, distance runner, and a member of the Irish American Athletic Club. In 1910, he was known as "King of the Marathoners" for having competed in and won more marathons than any of the athletes of his day.

In 1908, Crowley won the third oldest marathon in the U.S., the Yonkers Marathon, held on Thanksgiving Day, sponsored by the Mercury Athletic Club of Yonkers, New York, "winning from a large and classy field in the excellent time of 2 hours 49 minutes 16.4 seconds."

On December 26, 1908, he finished second to Matthew Maloney in the marathon from Rye to Columbus Circle, New York." Maloney was reported to have set a new indoor record for the event in a time of 2:54:45.4. With "scorching heat" noted to have affected many of the athletes, Crowley recorded a time of 3:07:16 and "won by a mile" over Harry Jensen of the Pastime Athletic Club. Crowley won the two-mile steeplechase in a time of 11:12.

On November 14, 1910, at Celtic Park, Queens, New York, on the track of the Irish American Athletic Club, Crowley broke every A.A.U mile and half-mile record from 10½ miles to .