About Leland Stanford Scott
Lived 1887 – 1979 (aged 91). Leland Stanford Scott was an athletics competitor.
Leland Stanford Scott, Sr. (September 13, 1887 - March 19, 1979) set the Amateur Athletic Union record in the pole vault at a meet between Stanford University and Colorado State University on May 27, 1910. He cleared . In 1912 he set the intercollegiate record at .
Biography He set the Amateur Athletic Union record in the pole vault at a meet between Stanford University and Colorado State University on May 27, 1910.
He married Maria Ann McHenry around 1915 and had a son, Leland Stanford Scott, Jr. (1917–1995). By 1918 he was working for the Hall-Scott Motor Car Company and living in Piedmont, California.
He died on March 19, 1979, in Oakland, California.
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Who was Leland Stanford Scott?
American pole vaulter (1887-1979)
When was Leland Stanford Scott born?
Leland Stanford Scott was born on 13 September 1887.
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Leland Stanford Scott died on 19 March 1979.
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Leland Stanford Scott was an athletics competitor.
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