John Baxter Taylor Jr. was an American track and field athlete, notable as the first African American to win an Olympic gold medal.
John Taylor (athlete)
University of Pennsylvania Men's Track team that was the 1907 IC4A point winner: Left to Right: Guy Haskins, R.C. Folwell, T.R. Moffitt, John Baxter Taylor, Jr. (the first black athlete in America to win a Gold Medal in the Olympics), Nathaniel Cartmell, and seated, J.D. Whitham
1907 University of Pennsylvania track team, with their ICAAAA trophy.
At the 1908 Olympic games.
Irish American Athletic Club
The Irish American Athletic Club was an amateur athletic organization, based in Queens, New York, at the beginning of the 20th century.
John Eller, Abel Kiviat and John J. Reynolds of the Irish American Athletic Club, posing for a 1912 U.S. Olympic team photo.
Irish Whales: Pat McDonald and Matt McGrath of the Irish American Athletic Club, posing for a 1912 U.S. Olympic team photo.