Joe Tierney
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Joseph Paul "Joe" Tierney (born February 8, 1903 in New Haven, Connecticut - April 8, 2004 in Hamden, Connecticut) was an American track and field athlete known for sprint events. Representing the United States, he ran the 400 metres in the 1928 Olympics. Tierney won his qualifying found race in 49.8, but finished a non-qualfhing 4th place in the quarter final round, which was won in 49.2 by Canadian Phil Edwards, who would become a five time Olympic bronze medalist. That was significantly slower than his personal best of 47.6, set three years earlier while running for Holy Cross College.[1]
Tierney survived until age 101, one of the few Olympic centenarians.
