Hillman, Harry L.
Track and Field
b. Sept. 8, 1881, Brooklyn, NY
d. Aug 9, 1945
Hillman scored a unique triple victory at the 1904 Olympics, winning the 200-meter and 400-meter hurdles and the 400-meter run. He had Olympic record times in all three events, but his time in the 400-meter hurdles wasn't admitted as a record because he knocked over the last hurdle.
En route to Greece for the "intercalated" Olympics of 1906, Hillman was one of a half-dozen athletes who were injured by an enormous wave that washed over the deck of the ship. He finished only fifth in the 400-meter run, his only event that year. Hillman won a silver medal in the 400-meter hurdles at the 1908 Olympics. He and Charley Bacon of the U. S. went over the last hurdle simultaneously, but Bacon won the run to the tape to win in a world record 55.0 seconds.
On April 24, 1909, Hillman and Lawson Robertson set a record that has never been equalled, running the 100-yard three-legged race in 11.0 seconds.
The track coach at Dartmouth from 1910 until his death, Hillman advised hurdlers to swallow raw eggs, which he believed to be "excellent for the wind and stomach." He was on the Olympic track and field coaching staff in 1924, 1928, and 1932.