James Bausch

James "Jim" Aloysius Bernard Bausch ( born March 29, 1906 in Marion, South Dakota; † 9 July 1974 in Hot Springs, Arkansas) was an American track and field athlete and American football player.

College

Bausch studied from 1927 to 1930 at the University of Wichita and later at the University of Kansas. In addition to athletics, he ran American football and basketball. In the Kansas Jayhawks, the American football team of the University of Kansas, he ran predominantly as a halfback. His skills were clearly runs already here. In 1930 he was elected to East - West College All-Star Game, which was held in San Francisco.

Olympic champion

He won at the Olympic Summer Games 1932 in Los Angeles, the gold medal in the decathlon. In his third race in the decathlon at all, he also made it to a new world record. His 8462.235 points correspond to 6736 points after the currently valid table of 1985.

Football pro

Bausch played one year in the NFL. In 1933 he ran for the Cincinnati Reds and the Chicago Cardinals. Great success he could not celebrate with his team.

Honors

Since 1954, Bausch is a member of the College Football Hall of Fame and in the U.S. since 1978 Athletics Hall of Fame.