Herbert Kerrigan

Herbert William Kerrigan (January 24, 1879 – September 10, 1959) was an American athlete who competed mainly in the high jump.

He was born in Portland, Oregoncite journal| url=http://www.aafla.org/SportsLibrary/Outing/Volume_29/outXXIX03/outXXIX03l.pdf|last=Curtis|first=William B.|volume=XXIX|issue=3|journal=Outing|title=American Amateur Athletes in 1896|pages=pp. 272–276] and died in San Francisco.

Kerrigan competed for the Multnomah Athletic Club in Portland and won the Pacific Northwest high jump championships in 1894 and 1896. In the 1906 Summer Olympics held in Athens, Greece, Kerrigan won the bronze medal jointly with Greek athlete Themistoklis Diakidis. Kerrigan had been favored to win, but was injured by a wave that hit the ship carrying the U.S. team to Athens.cite web|url=http://www.runningpast.com/trivia_archive.htm|title=Trivia archive|publisher=Running Past|accessdate=2007-06-04] cite news|work=New York Times|title=American athletes arrive; most of those injured on the steamer are recovering|date=April 16, 1906 (subscription required)|url=http://select.nytimes.com/mem/archive/pdf?res=FA0D10FA3A5A12738DDDAE0994DC405B868CF1D3|accessdate=2007-06-04] The winning height of 5' 10" (1.775m) was the lowest winning height in Olympic history.

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