music.wikisort.org - MusicianFrank Laird Waller (June 24, 1884 – November 29, 1941[1]) was an American athlete who specialized in the 400 metres. He later became a vocal coach.[2]
Athletics competitor
Frank Waller

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Medal record |
Men's athletics |
Representing the United States |
Olympic Games |
 | 1904 St. Louis | 400 metres |
 | 1904 St. Louis | 400 metres hurdles |
He competed in the early twentieth century. He won two silver medals in Athletics at the 1904 Summer Olympics in the men's 400 metres and 400 metre hurdles behind gold medalist Harry Hillman in both events, while a student at the University of Wisconsin. He was U.S. Champion in the men's 440 yards in 1905 and 1906, and the 220 yard hurdles while competing for the Milwaukee Athletic Club.
He graduated from Menominee, Wisconsin High School, and later the University of Wisconsin[3] in 1907. After his college graduation, Waller moved to Chicago.[3] In Chicago he knew William T. Purdy and Carl Beck, who together wrote the University of Wisconsin fight song "On, Wisconsin!". Waller told Purdy about a contest and $100 prize to write a University of Minnesota fight song. Carl Beck convinced Purdy it should be presented to the University of Wisconsin as their fight song.
He went on tour with the singer Lillian Russell as her pianist. He spent several years in Germany conducting at provincial opera houses.[3] From 1924 until 1925 he was pianist, coach, and theater conductor for the opera department at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester.[4] He later served as a voice coach and headed the voice department at the Kansas City Conservatory of Music.[5][6] During his career, he served as director of the Tri-City Symphony, Milwaukee Philharmonic Orchestra, the National Broadcasting Company in New York, and the WPA Orchestra in Richmond, Virginia. Among the singers he coached were Charles Sears, Edith Mason, Rosa Raisa, Alice Nielsen, Luisa Tetrazzini, Frances Peralta, and Olga Blani.
He died of a heart ailment[6] after six weeks of illness at the hospital. He was unmarried.[3]
Personal bests: 440y – 49.6 (1905); 400H – 53.6 (1904).
- The obituary in Musical America indicates he died November 28; the notice in The New York Times places the date of death as November 29; the obituary in Musical Courier lists his date of death as November 30.
- "Frank Waller". Olympedia. Retrieved January 10, 2021.
- "Frank Laird Waller", Musical America (December 10, 1941), p. 39.
- Lenti, Vincent A. For the Enrichment of Community Life: George Eastman and the Founding of the Eastman School of Music. pp. 129–130. Meliora Press, Rochester, New York (2004).
- "Frank Laird Waller", Musical Courier (December 15, 1941), p. 32.
- "Dr. Frank Laird Waller", The New York Times (November 30, 1941), p. 69.
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US National Championship winners in men's 400-meter dash |
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1876-1979 Amateur Athletic Union | |
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1980-1992 The Athletics Congress | |
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1992 onwards USA Track & Field | |
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Notes |
- Note 1: In 1888 both the NAAAA and the AAU held championships
- OT: The 1920, 1928, 1932, and since 1992, championships incorporated the Olympic Trials, otherwise held as a discrete event.
- 2020 OT: The 2020 Olympic Trials were delayed and held in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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US National Championship winners in men's 200 m/220 yd hurdles |
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1879–1888 NAAAA | |
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1888–1979 Amateur Athletic Union |
- 1888–89: Al Copland
- 1890: Fred Ducharme
- 1891: Harry Morrell (CAN)
- 1892–94: Fred Puffer
- 1895: Sidney Syme
- 1896: Jerome Buck
- 1897–99: Alvin Kraenzlein
- 1900–01: Henry Arnold
- 1902: Harry Hillman
- 1903: M.W.H. Bockman
- 1904: Joseph Hill
- 1905: Frank Waller
- 1906: Harry Hillman
- 1907–08: John Eller
- 1909: Joe Malcomson
- 1910–12: John Eller
- 1913: Charles Cory
- 1914: Jo Loomis
- 1915–16: Feg Murray
- 1917–18: Frank Loomis
- 1919: Robert Simpson
- 1920: Not held
- 1921: Earl Thomson (CAN)
- 1922: John Coard Taylor
- 1923: Charles Brookins
- 1924: Herbert Meyer
- 1925: Charles Brookins
- 1926: Kenneth Grumbles
- 1927: Robert Maxwell
- 1928: Frank Cuhel
- 1929: Steve Anderson
- 1930–31: Robert Maxwell
- 1932: George Saling
- 1933: Heye Lambertus
- 1934: Philip Good
- 1935: Dale Schofield
- 1936: James Hucker
- 1937: Allan Tolmich
- 1938–41: Fred Wolcott
- 1942: Robert Wright
- 1943: Bill Cummins
- 1944: Elmore Harris
- 1945: Ronald Frazier
- 1946–47: Harrison Dillard
- 1948: Madill Gartiser
- 1949: Craig Dixon
- 1950: William Fleming
- 1951: Jack Davis
- 1952: Ralph Person
- 1953–54: Jack Davis
- 1955–56: Charles Pratt
- 1957: Elias Gilbert
- 1958: Fran Washington
- 1959: Charlie Tidwell
- 1960: Dick Howard
- 1961: Don Styron
- 1962: Jerry Tarr
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- In 1888 both the NAAAA and the AAU held championships
- 220 yd hurdles 1887–1927, 1929–31, 1953–55, 1957–58, and 1961–62; 200 m hurdles otherwise.
- The event was held on a straight track in various years, depending on the host facility
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На других языках
- [en] Frank Waller (athlete)
[fr] Frank Waller
Frank Laird Waller (né le 24 juin 1884 à Saint Paul et décédé le 29 novembre 1941 à Kansas City) est un athlète américain spécialiste du 400 mètres avec ou sans haies. Affilié au Wisconsin Badgers puis au Chicago Athletic Association, il mesurait 1,76 m pour 71 kg.
[it] Frank Waller
Frank Laird Waller (Saint Paul, 24 giugno 1884 – Kansas City, 29 novembre 1941) è stato un ostacolista e velocista statunitense.
[ru] Уоллер, Фрэнк
Фрэнк Лэрд Уоллер (англ. Frank Laird Waller; 24 июня 1884 (1884-06-24), Сент-Пол, Миннесота — 29 ноября 1941, Канзас-Сити, Миссури) — американский легкоатлет, двукратный серебряный призёр летних Олимпийских игр 1904.
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