Stephen Farrell (track and field), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American track and field coach
Date of Birth: 26-Dec-1863
Place of Birth: Rockville, Connecticut, United States
Date of Death: 17-Oct-1933
Profession: athletics competitor
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn 
About Stephen Farrell (track and field)
- Stephen J.
- Farrell (December 26, 1863 – October 17, 1933) was professional track athlete, circus performer and track coach. Farrell was a professional foot-racer in the 1880s and 1890s, beginning as a competitor in the hook, hose and ladder teams of New England.
- He was the first American to win England's Sheffield Cup on two occasions and competed in races from 100 yards to one mile.
- He became known as "the greatest professional footracer this country has ever known."Seeking out new challenges, Farrell performed with the Barnum & Bailey Circus for several years racing against a horse, and he was never known to ever lose to the horse.(Farrell proudly noted that, in several years of racing horses with the circus, "he was beaten only half a dozen times by the horse during the years" .) Farrell later became a track coach at Yale University, the University of Maine, Ohio State University, and the University of Michigan.
- He coached at Michigan for 18 years and developed many great athletes, including DeHart Hubbard and Eddie Tolan.
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