Ed Hamm

School: Georgia Tech (SoCon member 1921-32)

Sport: Men's Track & Field

Years Competed: 1925-29

Relevant Statistics

Won a gold medal in the long jump at the 1928 Olympics in Amsterdam

Conference Honors/Awards

- SoCon 100th Anniversary team
- Won the SoCon long-jump championship in 1928 and 1929 and indoors in 1930
- Also won the 100-yard and 220-yard sprints for three consecutive years.

National Honors/Awards

- Two-time NCAA long-jump champion
- One of just four male SoCon track and field performers to become an NCAA champion and the only two-time winner of the group
- In 1928, he set a world record in the long jump while competing at the Olympic Trials; later that year, he set an Olympic record in Amsterdam

Professional Career

Following his coaching career, Hamm served as an executive for Coca-Cola

Other Notable Information

- Inducted into the Georgia Tech Athletics Hall of Fame in 1958
- Originally from Arkansas, he was inducted into the Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame in 1971