George Burton SPITZ

George Spitz was AAU high jump champion in 1932 and NCAA champion in 1934. Indoors he won the AAU high jump from 1932-34, and in 1931 he set the indoor world best with a mark of 2.00 (6-7) at the Millrose Games, which he bettered at the 1932 Millrose Games with 2.02 (6-7½). Outdoors Spitz had six other finishes in the top four at the AAUs from 1929-35. He was also the 1934 Penn Relays champion. He competed for NYU and the NYAC, and used the Eastern cut-off technique, a scissors variant, but Spitz’s technique also had elements of the Western roll. Spitz later served in the US Navy from 1942-48.

Personal Best: HJ – 2.04i (6-8¼i) (1933).