Francis C. Irons

(1886-1942) lived in Fairbury, Jefferson County. Athlete, won gold medal in long jump at 1908 Olympics, topped world ranking for AAU in 1909-10, was a mechanic in Chicago area. Consult Fairbury Jefferson County Journal, May 27, 1899, p. 5 and Fairbury Journal, August 21, 1908, p. 5 and Bill Mallon and Ian Buchanan, Quest For Gold: The Encyclopedia of American Olympians (Leisure Press, 1984) 311 and David Wallechinsky, The Complete Book of the Olympics (Viking Press, 1984) 83.

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