Frank Verner

American long distance runner

Frank Verner
Medal record

Men's athletics
Olympic Games
Representing the United States
	1904 St. Louis	1500 metres
Representing a Mixed team
	1904 St Louis	4 mile team race

William Franklyn "Bill" Verner (June 24, 1883 – July 1, 1966) was an American athlete and middle-distance runner who competed in the early twentieth century.^[1]

Verner was born in Grundy County, Illinois.

He competed in Athletics at the 1904 Summer Olympics and won a silver medal in the 1500 metres in 4:06.8 behind James Lightbody, and a silver medal with the US Chicago team in the four mile race. In the 2590 metre steeplechase competition he finished fourth and in the 800 metres event he finished sixth.

He died in Pinckney, Michigan.

References

^ "Bill Verner". Olympedia. Archived from the original on October 23, 2020. Retrieved January 17, 2021.

External links

William Verner at databaseOlympics.com (archived)
William Frank Verner at Olympics.com

US National Championship winners in men's 10,000-meter run

1876–1878
New York Athletic Club

1876–79: Not held

1879–1888
NAAAA

1880: James Gifford
1881: W. C. Davies
1882–83: Tom Delaney
1884: Geo. Stonebridge
1885: Peter Skillman
1886–87: Edward Carter
1888^{Note 1}: Thomas Conneff

1888–1979
Amateur Athletic Union

1888–91^{Note 1}: Thomas Conneff
1892–93: William Day
1894: Charles Bean
1899: Alex Grant
1900: Arthur Newton
1901: Frank Kanahy
1902: Alex Grant
1903: Not held
1904: John Joyce
1905: Frank Verner
1906: Wm. Nelson
1907: John Daly
1908: Fred Bellars
1909: Harry McLean
1910: William Kramer
1911: George Bonhag
1912: Hannes Kolehmainen (FIN) * Harry Smith
1913: Hannes Kolehmainen (FIN) * Joie Ray
1914: Ville Kyrönen (FIN) * H. E. Weeks
1915: Hannes Kolehmainen (FIN) * Oliver Millard
1916: Joie Ray
1917–19: Charles Pores
1920^OT: Not held
1921–23: Earle Johnson
1924: Ilmar Prim
1925: George Lermond
1926: Phillip Osif
1927: Willie Ritola (FIN) * Russell Payne
1928^OT: Joie Ray
1929-31: Lou Gregory
1932^OT: Tom Ottey
1933: Lou Gregory
1934: Eino Pentti
1935: Tom Ottey
1936: Don Lash
1937–38: Eino Pentti
1939: Lou Gregory
1940: Don Lash
1941: Lou Gregory
1942: Joe McCluskey
1943: Lou Gregory
1944: Norm Bright
1945: Ted Vogel
1946–48: Edward O'Toole
1949: Fred Wilt
1950: Horace Ashenfelter
1951–54: Curt Stone
1955: Dick Hart
1956: Max Truex
1957: Doug Kyle
1958: John Macy
1959:
1960: Al Lawrence (AUS) * Max Truex
1961: John Gutknecht
1962: Bruce Kidd (CAN) * Peter McArdle
1963–64: Peter McArdle
1965: Billy Mills
1966: Tracy Smith
1967: Van Nelson
1968: Tracy Smith
1969–70: Jack Bacheler
1971: Frank Shorter
1972: Greg Fredericks
1973: Gordon Minty (GBR) * Ted Castaneda
1974–75: Frank Shorter
1976: Ed Leddy
1977: Frank Shorter
1978–79: Craig Virgin
1980: Rodolfo Gómez
Garry Bjorklund

1980–1992
The Athletics Congress

1981: Alberto Salazar
1982: Craig Virgin
1983: Alberto Salazar
1984: Jon Sinclair
1985: Bruce Bickford
1986–87: Gerard Donakowski
1988: Steve Taylor
1989: Pat Porter
1990: Steve Plasencia
1991: Shannon Butler
1992^OT: Todd Williams

1993–onwards
USA Track & Field

1993: Todd Williams
1994: Tom Ansberry
1995–96: Todd Williams
1997: Michael Mykytok
1998: Dan Browne
1999: Alan Culpepper
2000^OT: Meb Keflezighi
2001: Abdi Abdirahman
2002: Meb Keflezighi
2003: Alan Culpepper
2004: Meb Keflezighi
2005: Abdi Abdirahman
2006: Jorge Torres
2007–08: Abdi Abdirahman
2009–16: Galen Rupp
2017: Hassan Mead
2018–19: Lopez Lomong
2021^{2020 OT}: Woody Kincaid
2022: Galen Rupp
2023: Woody Kincaid

Notes

Note 1: In 1888 both the NAAAA and the AAU held championships

OT: The 1920, 1928, 1932, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2016 championships incorporated the Olympic Trials, otherwise held as a discrete event.