Everett Ellis

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full nameEverett Ralph•Ellis
Used nameEverett•Ellis
Born12 January 1897 in Dorchester, Massachusetts (USA)
Died6 January 1973 in Salem, Missouri (USA)
Measurements180 cm / 81 kg
AffiliationsSyracuse Orange, Syracuse (USA)
NOC United States

Biography

Everett Ellis was a top hurdler at Syracuse University. At the 1920 AAU/Olympic Trials he did not make the final of the 110 hurdles so his coach entered him in the decathlon at the last minute. Ellis finished sixth in the 1920 AAU decathlon, which doubled as the Olympic Trials that year, and that qualified him for the Olympic team, when Everett Bradley and Robert LeGendre, who finished ahead of him, opted to compete in the pentathlon at Antwerpen. Ellis did not finish the Olympic decathlon. Those are the only two known decathlons in which he competed.

Personal Best: Dec – 5638 (1920).

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1920 Summer Olympics Athletics USA Everett Ellis
Decathlon, Men (Olympic) DNF

Errata

Date of birth previously listed as 16 February 1893.