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Franklin Jacobs was born on 31 December, 1957 in Mullins, South Carolina, United States, is an American high jumper. Discover Franklin Jacobs's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 66 years old?

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Age 66 years old
Zodiac Sign Capricorn
Born 31 December, 1957
Birthday 31 December
Birthplace Mullins, South Carolina, United States
Nationality United States

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1957

Franklin Jacobs (born December 31, 1957 ) is a former high jumper from the United States.

1977

In March 1977 he tore cartilage in his right leg playing basketball, but competed for over a year without surgery.

He established a rivalry with Dwight Stones over the next two years, with media emphasizing the contrast between Jacobs, a short inner-city African American, and Stones, a tall blond Californian.

Stones antagonized Jacobs by criticizing his unorthodox jumping style.

1978

His personal best of 2.32 m was a world indoor record in 1978, and at 59 cm above Jacobs' own height of 1.73 m, it remains the record for height differential, now held jointly with Stefan Holm.

Jacobs was one of ten children of Jannie Jacobs, living in a shack in Mullins, South Carolina.

His parents separated when he was young.

The impoverished family moved to Paterson, New Jersey when he was three and lived with four cousins.

His first love was basketball, and he played for Paterson East-side High.

He only started high jumping in his senior year, after the end of the basketball season.

He cleared 6 ft that year.

His natural talent overcame his lack of technique: he called his style the "Jacobs Slop", as opposed to the Fosbury Flop; but later renamed it the "Slope", from the trajectory of his launch.

Jacobs barely graduated high school and got no athletic scholarship, but enrolled at Fairleigh Dickinson University in Teaneck, New Jersey with a federal grant.

He cleared 7 ft in his freshman year.

Jacobs beat Stones at the 1978 Millrose Games in Madison Square Garden, at which he set a world indoor record of 2.32 m. He waived his right to try for an even higher record, saying he "didn't feel nervous enough".

Two months later, Vladimir Yashchenko broke the record in Milan.

In July, at a highly publicized international between the U.S. and the Soviet Union, Jacobs lost to Yashchenko on countback.

In August, Jacobs won the Tanqueray Award for outstanding amateur athlete; by then he had won 27 collegiate events.

1980

Jacobs anticipated gaining lucrative endorsements from the 1980 Olympics, but the U.S. boycott of the Games precluded this.

He was extremely disappointed and wanted to skip the U.S. "Olympic Trials"; he attended by request of his college, but failed his opening height.

He gave up the high jump and did not return to college.

1982

A planned return to competition in 1982 did not happen.

1986

He subsequently had various jobs around Paterson, working for a construction company 1986–91.

1990

He married Naomi Livingston c.1990 and had a daughter Shannon in 1992.

1991

In 1991, he commented, "I was upset and my dreams were shattered. I probably could have come back in 1984, but I was a naive kid. It was like the floor fell in."

1995

Around 1995, they moved to Gilbert, Arizona.

1998

In 1998 he was working for an electrical installation company.

That year, he attended a Millrose Games tribute to stars of memorable previous meets.