Robert Maxwell
Personal information
Maxwell at the 1928 Olympics
Full name	James Robert Maxwell
Born	June 9, 1902 (1902-06-09)
Died	August 15, 1985 (1985-08-16) (aged 83) Riverside, California, U.S.
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	81 kg (179 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Club	LAAC, Los Angeles

James Robert Maxwell (June 9, 1902 – August 15, 1985) was an American runner. He competed at the 1928 Olympics in the 400 m hurdles, but failed to reach the final. As a student of Pomona College he won the AAU 220 yard hurdles title in 1927 and 1930–1931.^[1]

References

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^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Robert Maxwell". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020.

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Media related to Robert Maxwell (hurdler) at Wikimedia Commons

Robert Maxwell at Olympedia

v t e US National Championship winners in men's 200 m/220 yd hurdles
1879–1888 NAAAA	1887–88: Al Copland
1888–1979 Amateur Athletic Union	1888–89: Al Copland 1890: Fred Ducharme 1891: Harry Morrell (CAN) 1892–94: Fred Puffer 1895: Sidney Syme 1896: Jerome Buck 1897–99: Alvin Kraenzlein 1900–01: Henry Arnold 1902: Harry Hillman 1903: M.W.H. Bockman 1904: Joseph Hill 1905: Frank Waller 1906: Harry Hillman 1907–08: John Eller 1909: Joe Malcomson 1910–12: John Eller 1913: Charles Cory 1914: Jo Loomis 1915–16: Feg Murray 1917–18: Frank Loomis 1919: Robert Simpson 1920: Not held 1921: Earl Thomson (CAN) 1922: John Coard Taylor 1923: Charles Brookins 1924: Herbert Meyer 1925: Charles Brookins 1926: Kenneth Grumbles 1927: Robert Maxwell 1928: Frank Cuhel 1929: Steve Anderson 1930–31: Robert Maxwell 1932: George Saling 1933: Heye Lambertus 1934: Philip Good 1935: Dale Schofield 1936: James Hucker 1937: Allan Tolmich 1938–41: Fred Wolcott 1942: Robert Wright 1943: Bill Cummins 1944: Elmore Harris 1945: Ronald Frazier 1946–47: Harrison Dillard 1948: Madill Gartiser 1949: Craig Dixon 1950: William Fleming 1951: Jack Davis 1952: Ralph Person 1953–54: Jack Davis 1955–56: Charles Pratt 1957: Elias Gilbert 1958: Fran Washington 1959: Charlie Tidwell 1960: Dick Howard 1961: Don Styron 1962: Jerry Tarr
Notes	In 1888 both the NAAAA and the AAU held championships 220 yd hurdles 1887–1927, 1929–31, 1953–55, 1957–58, and 1961–62; 200 m hurdles otherwise. The event was held on a straight track in various years, depending on the host facility

v t e 1928 USA Olympic track and field team
Qualification	1928 United States Olympic trials (track and field)
Men's track and road athletes	David Abbott Bill Agee Fred Alderman (r) Steve Anderson George Baird (r) Ray Barbuti Charley Borah Claude Bracey Nick Carter John Collier Ray Conger Frank Cuhel Henry Cumming Melvin Dalton Clarence DeMar Leighton Dye Harvey Frick Earl Fuller Walter Gegan Johnny Gibson Lloyd Hahn Charles Haworth James Henigan Leo Lermond Robert Maxwell Bob McAllister Albert Michelsen Jesse Montgomery Charley Paddock Hermon Phillips Jimmy Quinn (r) Joie Ray Carl Ring Sid Robinson John Romig Henry Russell Jackson Scholz John Sittig Macauley Smith Euil Snider Emerson Spencer (r) William Spencer Morgan Taylor Joe Tierney Ray Watson Frank Wykoff
Men's field athletes	John Anderson Lee Barnes Lee Bartlett Al Bates Barney Berlinger Edmund Black Lloyd Bourgeois Sidney Bowman Herman Brix Sabin Carr Levi Casey Kenneth Caskey Tom Churchill Frank Conner James Corson Ken Doherty William Droegemueller Ed Gordon Donald Gwinn Ed Hamm Charles Harlow Ben Hedges Creth Hines Bud Houser DeHart Hubbard Bob Kelley Bob King Eric Krenz John Kuck Charles McGinnis Harold Osborn Harlow Rothert Arthur Sager James Stewart Fred Weicker
Women's track athletes	Dee Boeckmann Elta Cartwright Jessie Cross (r) Florence MacDonald Loretta McNeil (r) Betty Robinson Anne Vrana Mary Washburn Rayma Wilson
Women's field athletes	Lillian Copeland Marion Holley Margaret Jenkins Rena MacDonald Catherine Maguire Maybelle Reichardt Jean Shiley Mildred Wiley
Coaches	Lawson Robertson (men's head coach) Johnny Behr (men's assistant coach) Dean Cromwell (men's assistant coach) Eddie Farrell (men's assistant coach) Harry Hillman (men's assistant coach) Wilbur Hutsell (men's assistant coach) Tom Keane (men's assistant coach) Jack Magee (men's assistant coach) Jack Ryder (men's assistant coach) Henry Schulte (men's assistant coach) Dink Templeton (men's assistant coach) Mel Sheppard (women's coach)