Jack Davis (hurdler), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American athlete
Date of Birth: 11-Sep-1930
Place of Birth: Amarillo, Texas, United States
Date of Death: 20-Jul-2012
Profession: athletics competitor
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Virgo 
About Jack Davis (hurdler)
- Jack Wells Davis (September 11, 1930 – July 20, 2012) was an American track and field hurdler, silver medalist in the 1952 and 1956 Olympics over 110-meter hurdles.
- Davis lost to Harrison Dillard in 1952 with the same time as the winner, and lost to Lee Calhoun in 1956, again with the same time as the winner.
- He set a new world record 13.4 in a heat at the AAU in 1956. Davis attended Herbert Hoover High School in Glendale, California, where he won both hurdle races at the 1949 CIF California State Meet, along with a third in the long jump.
- After that performance, he was named "Athlete of the Meet." He then went to the University of Southern California.
- At USC he was a three-time NCAA 120y hurdle champion and the 1953 NCAA 220y hurdle champion.
- He was a three-time U.S.
- Outdoor 220y hurdles champion, and ranked #1 on three occasions.
- In 2004, he was inducted into the USA Track & Field Hall of Fame, and the USC Hall of Fame. Davis served in the U.S.
- Navy in 1954–57, and then became a real estate developer.
- He helped found the United States Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, California.
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