Manhattan Athletic Club
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The Manhattan Athletic Club was an athletic club in Manhattan
, New York.
The Manhattan Athletic Club was organized on November 7, 1877, and legally incorporated on April 1, 1878. Its emblem was a "cherry diamond".
It established an athletic cinder ash track at Eighth Avenue, between West 56th and West 57th Streets, in Manhattan, which opened in 1878. In 1883, it secured grounds at the block between Eighth Avenue and Ninth Avenue, between West 86th Street and West 87th Street. In November 1886, it secured a clubhouse at 594 Fifth Avenue. The club established a new clubhouse at the southeast corner of Madison Avenue and East 54th Street in 1890, with one of the largest gymnasiums in the world, at 100 feet by 110 feet. Through 1917, boxing matches were hosted at the club.
American runner and world record holder Lon Myers
was a notable member of the club. Other notable members included speed skater Joe Donoghue
and runner Thomas Conneff
.
In 1893, with significant debts, its directors decided to dissolve the club. A new Manhattan Athletic Club was opened the following year.
Manhattan
Manhattan is the oldest and the most densely populated of the five boroughs of New York City. Located primarily on the island of Manhattan at the mouth of the Hudson River, the boundaries of the borough are identical to those of New York County, an original county of the state of New York...
, New York.
The Manhattan Athletic Club was organized on November 7, 1877, and legally incorporated on April 1, 1878. Its emblem was a "cherry diamond".
It established an athletic cinder ash track at Eighth Avenue, between West 56th and West 57th Streets, in Manhattan, which opened in 1878. In 1883, it secured grounds at the block between Eighth Avenue and Ninth Avenue, between West 86th Street and West 87th Street. In November 1886, it secured a clubhouse at 594 Fifth Avenue. The club established a new clubhouse at the southeast corner of Madison Avenue and East 54th Street in 1890, with one of the largest gymnasiums in the world, at 100 feet by 110 feet. Through 1917, boxing matches were hosted at the club.
American runner and world record holder Lon Myers
Lon Myers
Laurence Eugene "Lon" Myers was an American sprinter and middle distance runner.Myers won 28 national championships. He also set world records at 11 different distances, and held every American record for races 50 yards to one mile. Myers set the world quarter-mile record while running the final...
was a notable member of the club. Other notable members included speed skater Joe Donoghue
Joe Donoghue
Joseph F. Donoghue was a speed skater. He became the first speed skating World Champion in 1891. He was a member of the Manhattan Athletic Club.-References:...
and runner Thomas Conneff
Thomas Conneff
Thomas Conneff was an amateur American runner who held the amateur record for the fastest mile from 1895 to 1911.He was an Irish-born runner who emigrated to the United States in 1888 and generally specialized in longer distances, winning the national 10-mile championship four years in a row...
.
In 1893, with significant debts, its directors decided to dissolve the club. A new Manhattan Athletic Club was opened the following year.
External links
- "The Manhattan Athletic Club", Outing, June 1890