John Kuck, American javelin thrower and shot putter (died 1986)

John Kuck

American track and field athlete

John Henry Kuck was an American athlete who won a gold medal in the shot put at the 1928 Summer Olympics setting a new world record at 15.87 m. Earlier that year he set two more world records, but they were not recognized officially. In 1926 he also set a US record in the…