James Brooker

American pole vaulter

James Brooker
Brooker in 1924

Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
| 1924 Paris | Pole vault

James Kent Brooker (August 12, 1902 - September 25, 1973) was an American athlete who competed in the men's pole vault. He competed in Athletics at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris and won bronze, behind fellow American polevaulters Lee Barnes and Glenn Graham, who won gold and silver medals respectively.[1] He was known for his consistency in the pole vault and was considered "a typical acrobat pole vaulter and does more with his hands than any other vaulter in the country."[2]

Brooker was born in Cass City, Michigan and attended Michigan Agricultural College and later the University of Michigan. He competed in the pole vault for both schools. He was selected as captain of the Michigan track team.[3]

## References[edit]

1. ^ "James Brooker". Olympedia. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
2. ^ "Brooker Has Made Consistency Mark". The Port Huron Times-Herald. June 23, 1924. p. 11 - via Newspapers.com.
3. ^ "U. of M. Track Captain Ruled Out of Sport". The News-Palladium. April 25, 1925. p. 5 - via Newspapers.com.

## External links[edit]

* Jim Brooker at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
* James Brooker at Olympics.com

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1924 USA Olympic track and field team

Track/road/cross country athletes|

* Karl Anderson
* Verne Booth
* Chester Bowman
* Charles Brookins
* Ray Buker
* William Churchill
* Louis Clarke (r)
* Commodore Cochran (r)
* Jimmy Connolly (t)
* Chan Coulter
* Bill Cox (t)
* Clarence DeMar
* Mike Devaney
* Ray Dodge
* Rilus Doolittle
* Schuyler Enck
* August Fager
* Horatio Fitch
* Charles Foster
* John Gray
* George Guthrie
* Lloyd Hahn
* Alan Helffrich (r)
* James Henigan
* George Hill
* Harry Hinkel
* Frank Hussey (r)
* Earl Johnson
* Pitch Johnson
* Wayne Johnson
* Dan Kinsey
* Edward Kirby (t)
* Leo Larrivee (t)
* Al LeConey (r)
* George Lermond
* Oliver MacDonald (r)
* Charles Mellor
* Loren Murchison
* Bayes Norton
* Charley Paddock
* Russell Payne
* Harold Phelps
* Joie Ray (t)
* Bill Richardson
* Marvin Rick
* Ivan Riley
* Ray Robertson
* John Romig
* Jackson Scholz
* William Spencer
* William Stevenson (r)
* Arthur Studenroth
* John Coard Taylor
* Morgan Taylor
* Willard Tibbetts (t)
* Ray Watson
* John Watters
* Frank Wendling
* Ralph Williams
* Eric Wilson
* Frank Zuna

Field/combined event athletes|

* Norman Anderson
* Otto Anderson
* Clifford Argue
* Lee Barnes
* Jim Brooker
* Leroy Brown
* William Comins
* Harry Frieda
* Ned Gourdin
* Glenn Graham
* Merwin Graham
* Brutus Hamilton
* Glenn Hartranft
* Ralph Hills
* Bud Houser
* DeHart Hubbard
* Robert Juday
* Mort Kaer
* Robert LeGendre
* Tom Lieb
* James McEachern
* Matt McGrath
* Jack Merchant
* William Neufeld
* Emerson Norton
* Gene Oberst
* Harold Osborn
* Tom Poor
* Gus Pope
* Lee Priester
* Albert Rose
* Ralph Spearow
* Fred Tootell
* Homer Whelchel
* Earle Wilson

Coaches and trainers|

* Lawson Robertson (head track coach)
* Walter Christie (head field coach)
* Eddie Farrell (assistant coach)
* Bill Hayward (assistant coach)
* Harry Hillman (assistant coach)
* Tom Keane (assistant coach)
* Jack Magee (assistant coach)
* Amos Alonzo Stagg (assistant coach)
* Eugene Vidal (assistant coach)
* Michael J. Ryan (marathon trainer)

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