John Joseph Daly (22 February 1880 – 11 March 1969) was an Irish runner who won a silver medal in the

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at the

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. He competed for Ireland at the

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of 1903–1906 and won two silver team medals; individually he won a bronze in 1903 and finished fourth in 1904 and 1906. When not competing for Ireland as a member of the Gaelic Athletic Association, Daly entered races as a member of the

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Biography

Daly competed in the 2590 metre steeplechase at the

held in St Louis, United States and won the

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. Daly represented Ireland. After the Olympics Daily stayed in North America for two years, and later that year won the Canadian mile and two-mile championships. In 1906 Daly and two other athletes,

Con Leahy Cornelius "Con" Leahy (27 April 1876 – 18 December 1921) was an Irish athlete, who won medals at the 1906 Intercalated Games and the 1908 Olympic Games for Great Britain. Biography Leahy was born in Creggane, outside Bruree, on the Coun ...

and Peter O'Connor, were entered for the

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in Athens by the IAAA and GAA, representing Ireland, and were given green blazers and caps with a gold shamrock, and an Irish flag (the '' Erin Go Bragh'' flag). However, the rules of the Olympics were subsequently changed so that only athletes nominated by National Olympic Committees were eligible to compete. Since Ireland did not have an Olympic Committee, the British Olympic Council claimed the three athletes their own, with Daly and his fellow athletes being registered as competing for Britain. Later, O'Connor won the silver medal in the long jump, and was enraged to see the Union Jack raised for his medal ceremony. In what became the first political protest in modern Olympic history, O'Connor scaled the flagpole, took down the Union Jack, and replaced it with the Irish flag. As officials and stadium security moved to intervene, Daly stood guard at the bottom of the pole with Irish-American wrestler Con O'Kelly, with Irish and American fans invading the field to assist them. At those Games Daly finished third in the five-mile competition, but was disqualified for obstructing Edward Dahl. He abandoned his marathon race after 18 miles due to blisters and an ankle injury, which resulted in a three-day hospitalisation. After 1906 Daly mostly raced in the United States, where he later became a successful New York businessman. He was selected to compete for Great Britain and Ireland at the London 1908 Olympics, but did not compete. In 1907 he enjoyed his greatest successes, winning the 5 mile and 10 mile U.S. A.A.U. titles and the Canadian 3 mile title. In 1909, running for the

, he came in second place in the Yonkers Marathon, in a time of 2 hours 55 minutes and 44 and 4/5 seconds."POLICE BREAK UP YONKERS MARATHON; Order Official Off Track and Referee Sullivan Stops the Contest. FOWLER WINS OVER DALY Cambridge (Mass.) Runner Leads by Half Mile at Finish – Crowd Accuses Scorers of Unfairness." ''New York Times,'' 2 January 1909. This athlete is not to be confused with the Private John Daly (Connaught Rangers) who ran for Ireland at the 1911 International Cross Country Championships in Caerleon, Wales.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Daly, John 1880 births 1969 deaths Irish male long-distance runners Irish male steeplechase runners Olympic silver medallists for Great Britain Athletes (track and field) at the 1904 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Great Britain Gaelic games players from County Galway Medalists at the 1904 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field) Irish emigrants to the United States (before 1923)