Tom Poor
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Tom Woodson Poor (December 15, 1903 – December 20, 1965) was an American track and field athlete who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics.[1] He was born in Bismarck, Missouri, and died in Grove, Oklahoma.
He won the 1923 NCAA Championship in the high jump with a jump of 6 feet, 1 inch, while competing for University of Kansas. In 1924 he finished fourth in the high jump competition.[2]
Poor later became the mayor of Olathe, Kansas.[3] He died in 1965 due to a heart attack.[4][5]
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