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An outstanding college athlete, Butler quarterbacked the German College football team to its 125-0 trouncing of Buena Vista College in 1916. Butler was credited with averaging twenty-five yards per carry. During his freshman year, the high-jumping Butler led the college to a 13-7 win over St. Joseph College (now [[LORAS COLLEGE]]) before a crowd estimated to be seven thousand. During his college career, Butler set seven school athletic records while collecting 186 medals. | An outstanding college athlete, Butler quarterbacked the German College football team to its 125-0 trouncing of Buena Vista College in 1916. Butler was credited with averaging twenty-five yards per carry. During his freshman year, the high-jumping Butler led the college to a 13-7 win over St. Joseph College (now [[LORAS COLLEGE]]) before a crowd estimated to be seven thousand. During his college career, Butler set seven school athletic records while collecting 186 medals. | ||
[[File:butler1.jpg| | [[File:butler1.jpg|400px|thumb|left|]]In 1919 Butler, then a student in Dubuque, set the American record of 24 feet 9.5 inches in the running long jump during the Inter-allied Games held in Paris, France. In the 1920 Olympic tryouts, his jump of 24 feet 8 inches surpassed the record set in 1900. On his first qualification round, however, Butler pulled a leg muscle that resulted in the end of his competition. He had been considered the favorite for the gold medal. | ||
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Revision as of 18:23, 29 March 2013
BUTLER, Edward Solomon "Sol." (Wichita, KS, 1895-Chicago, IL, Dec. 1, 1954). Athlete. Butler, while a student at Dubuque's German College (now the UNIVERSITY OF DUBUQUE), came close to winning a gold medal in the 1920 Seventh Olympiad in Belgium.
An outstanding college athlete, Butler quarterbacked the German College football team to its 125-0 trouncing of Buena Vista College in 1916. Butler was credited with averaging twenty-five yards per carry. During his freshman year, the high-jumping Butler led the college to a 13-7 win over St. Joseph College (now LORAS COLLEGE) before a crowd estimated to be seven thousand. During his college career, Butler set seven school athletic records while collecting 186 medals.
In 1919 Butler, then a student in Dubuque, set the American record of 24 feet 9.5 inches in the running long jump during the Inter-allied Games held in Paris, France. In the 1920 Olympic tryouts, his jump of 24 feet 8 inches surpassed the record set in 1900. On his first qualification round, however, Butler pulled a leg muscle that resulted in the end of his competition. He had been considered the favorite for the gold medal.