Born March 13, 1874, East Roxbury, Mass. Died February 17, 1949.

Versatile in both his athletic and personal life, Ellery Clark was a double gold medalist at the first Modern Olympic Games in 1896. At the Olympic revival in Athens, Clark won both the high jump and long jump. He is still the only person to ever win those events in the same Olympics. A Harvard graduate, Clark was one of the nation's top all-around athletes from 1893 to 1912. In 1897, he won the national all-around championship, the forerunner of today's decathlon. Later that year, Clark suffered torn knee ligaments and was out of action for almost two years. In 1903, at the age of 29, he again came back to win the all-around title. Clark made his second Olympic appearance in 1904 at St. Louis, but bronchitis limited him to a sixth-place finish in the all-around competition. At age 32, he was still winning major meets. He competed as a walker until the age of 56. Clark's professional life was equally varied. He excelled as an author, lawyer, track coach, teacher and Boston city alderman.