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{{short description|American athlete and jurist}} |
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|birth_date= August 10, 1897 |
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|birth_place= [[Jacksonville, Florida]], United States |
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| death_date = July 22, 1966 |
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| death_place = [[Quincy, Massachusetts]], United States |
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'''Edward Orval "Ned" Gourdin''' (August 10, 1897 – July 22, 1966) was an American athlete and jurist. He was the first man in history to make 25 feet in the [[long jump]] |
'''Edward Orval "Ned" Gourdin''' (August 10, 1897 – July 22, 1966) was an American athlete and jurist.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/78465 |title=Edward Gourdin |work=Olympedia |access-date=1 October 2021}}</ref> He was the first man in history to make 25 feet in the [[long jump]]<ref name=bub>{{cite news |first=Amy |last=Dean |title=Edward Gourdin: Olympic silver medalist, but a man of firsts |url=http://www.bu.edu/bridge/archive/2002/02-15/connect.htm |work=B.U. Bridge |publisher=[[Boston University]] |location=[[Boston, Massachusetts]] |date=2002-02-12 |access-date=2008-10-27}}</ref> and the first African-American and the first self-identified Native American (Seminole descent) to be appointed a Superior Court judge in New England.<ref name="A New Superior Court Justice">{{cite news |title=A New Superior Court Justice |work=[[The Christian Science Monitor]] |date=July 22, 1958 }}</ref><ref name='Jet-7Aug1958'>{{cite journal |editor1-first=John H. |editor1-last=Johnson|date=August 7, 1958 |journal=Jet |volume=14|issue=14 |page=5 |publisher=Johnson Publishing Company, Inc. |location=Chicago, Illinois}}</ref> |
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⚫ | He won the silver medal in the long jump at the [[1924 Summer Olympics]] in [[Paris]], France.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/results/search_r_uk.asp |title=Olympic Medal Winners |publisher=olympic.org | |
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⚫ | He won the silver medal in the long jump at the [[1924 Summer Olympics]] in [[Paris]], France.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/results/search_r_uk.asp |title=Olympic Medal Winners |publisher=olympic.org |access-date=2004-10-24}}</ref> Following his return from the Olympics, Gourdin was admitted to the bar. He left his law practice in 1935 to serve as [[Assistant United States Attorney]] from Massachusetts. In 1951 he was appointed to the Roxbury District Court.<ref name=r1/><ref>{{cite news |author=Harold L. Vaughn |title=Thousands Attend Rites For Gourdin |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=sZolAAAAIBAJ&pg=799,3160898&dq|work=[[Washington Afro-American]] |date=August 2, 1966 |access-date=2010-04-12 }}</ref> On July 22, 1958, he was appointed by governor [[Foster Furcolo]] to serve on the Massachusetts Superior Court, the Commonwealth's second highest court.<ref name="A New Superior Court Justice"/><ref name='Jet-7Aug1958'/> He remained on the court until his death on July 22, 1966. |
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[[File:COL. EDWARD O. GOURDIN - COMMANDING OFFICER 372nd INFANTRY - NARA - 535682.jpg|thumb|Illustration of Edward Gourdin by Charles Henry Alston]] |
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Gourdin attended [[Harvard University]], where he was a member of [[Alpha Phi Alpha]] fraternity.<ref name=bub/> |
Gourdin attended [[Harvard University]], where he was a member of [[Alpha Phi Alpha]] fraternity.<ref name=bub/> |
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<ref name=aafs>{{cite book |last=Brown |first=Tamara L. |author2=Gregory Parks |author3=Clarenda M. Phillips|title=African American Fraternities and Sororities: The Legacy and the Vision |url=https://books.google.com/?id=yfTYV_H2XoEC&pg=PA256|year=2005 |publisher=University Press of Kentucky |location=[[Lexington, Kentucky]] |
<ref name=aafs>{{cite book |last=Brown |first=Tamara L. |author2=Gregory Parks |author3=Clarenda M. Phillips|title=African American Fraternities and Sororities: The Legacy and the Vision |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yfTYV_H2XoEC&pg=PA256|year=2005 |publisher=University Press of Kentucky |location=[[Lexington, Kentucky]] |isbn=0-8131-2344-5 |page=256 }}</ref> |
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==See also== |
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*[[List of African-American jurists]] |
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==References== |
==References== |
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<ref name=r1>[https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/go/ned-gourdin-1.html Ned Gourdin]. sports-reference.com</ref> |
<ref name=r1>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200417174757/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/go/ned-gourdin-1.html Ned Gourdin]. sports-reference.com</ref> |
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<ref name=r4>[http://trackfield.brinkster.net/Profile.asp?ID=2278&Gender=M Edward Gourdin]. trackfield.brinkster.net</ref> |
<ref name=r4>[http://trackfield.brinkster.net/Profile.asp?ID=2278&Gender=M Edward Gourdin]. trackfield.brinkster.net</ref> |
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Born | August 10, 1897 Jacksonville, Florida, United States | |||||||||||
Died | July 22, 1966 (aged 68) Quincy, Massachusetts, United States | |||||||||||
Alma mater | Harvard University | |||||||||||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||
Weight | 79 kg (174 lb) | |||||||||||
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Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||
Event | Long jump | |||||||||||
Club | Dorchester Club | |||||||||||
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Personal best | 7.69 m (1921)[1][2] | |||||||||||
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Edward Orval "Ned" Gourdin (August 10, 1897 – July 22, 1966) was an American athlete and jurist.[3] He was the first man in history to make 25 feet in the long jump[4] and the first African-American and the first self-identified Native American (Seminole descent) to be appointed a Superior Court judge in New England.[5][6]
He won the silver medal in the long jump at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.[7] Following his return from the Olympics, Gourdin was admitted to the bar. He left his law practice in 1935 to serve as Assistant United States Attorney from Massachusetts. In 1951 he was appointed to the Roxbury District Court.[1][8] On July 22, 1958, he was appointed by governor Foster Furcolo to serve on the Massachusetts Superior Court, the Commonwealth's second highest court.[5][6] He remained on the court until his death on July 22, 1966.
Gourdin attended Harvard University, where he was a member of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity.[4] [9]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b Ned Gourdin. sports-reference.com
- ^ Edward Gourdin. trackfield.brinkster.net
- ^ "Edward Gourdin". Olympedia. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
- ^ a b Dean, Amy (2002-02-12). "Edward Gourdin: Olympic silver medalist, but a man of firsts". B.U. Bridge. Boston, Massachusetts: Boston University. Retrieved 2008-10-27.
- ^ a b "A New Superior Court Justice". The Christian Science Monitor. July 22, 1958.
- ^ a b Johnson, John H., ed. (August 7, 1958). Jet. 14 (14). Chicago, Illinois: Johnson Publishing Company, Inc.: 5.
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(help) - ^ "Olympic Medal Winners". olympic.org. Retrieved 2004-10-24.
- ^ Harold L. Vaughn (August 2, 1966). "Thousands Attend Rites For Gourdin". Washington Afro-American. Retrieved 2010-04-12.
- ^ Brown, Tamara L.; Gregory Parks; Clarenda M. Phillips (2005). African American Fraternities and Sororities: The Legacy and the Vision. Lexington, Kentucky: University Press of Kentucky. p. 256. ISBN 0-8131-2344-5.
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- American male long jumpers
- Harvard University alumni
- Olympic silver medalists for the United States in track and field
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- Lawyers from Boston
- Sportspeople from Quincy, Massachusetts
- Massachusetts Superior Court justices
- Medalists at the 1924 Summer Olympics
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- American people who self-identify as being of Seminole descent
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