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Charlie Major

Charles W. Major

  • Class
    1934
  • Induction
    1969
  • Sport(s)
    Men's Cross Country / Track
- Was known as one of the outstanding Bahamian athletes of the 1920's and 1930's.

- At age 13 his mother took him from the Bahamas to look for a better life in the Big Apple-New York City.

- National titles: 2 National AAU titles
 -Millrose Games title
 -New England Championship
 -Metropolitan Championships

- His high point in High jump came in 1929 when he cleared 6-7 1/2' at an outdoor meet in New York

- St. Bonaventure track coach 1933-34

- Would have been a member of the 1924 Olympic Team that went to Amsterdam had it not been for an injury.

 
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