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Owen Francis Langan
(1884–1963)

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Owen Francis Langan (1884-1963) was an athlete and partner in Vitagraph Studios in Jersey City, New Jersey. He was set to participate in the 1908 Summer Olympics in track and field, when he was injured in a trolley accident. He later became a construction contractor working in Jersey City and Boston, Massachusetts. He later joined the Federal Housing Administration in Newark, New Jersey.

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Owen F. Langan Was Speedy in Life and Death (1963)

"Mr. Langan belonged to the Fourth Regiment of the New Jersey National Guard, which was little more than a social dub until 1912. He became champion hurdler of the regiment. He also took the Metropolitan and National A.A.U. championships in 1908. One day, while riding on a trolley car bound from Greenville, Jersey City, to Schuetzen Park, Union City, he was struck on the head by a crane boom, swung from the side of the rout. … He contracted for construction of the Watertown Arsenal, the Charles Street Jail in Boston, the Schrafft's plant in Somerville and many New England housing developments. Mr. Langan also contracted to build the Glen Gardner Tuberculosis Hospital and the Shell Oil plant at Sea Warren, N.J."

Track Star Owen Langan (1963)

"Mr. Langan died Thursday at St. Francis Hospital of a heart attack while undergoing a checkup. He retired 15 years ago from his director's post with the Federal Housing Administration in Newark. He was one of the first employees of the federal agency. Mr. Langan, a native of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, lived most of his life in Jersey City. A great running star in his youth, he held records for the 220-yard low hurdles and was both Metropolitan and champion. … is first business venture was a partnership in the VitaGraph Pictures Studio in Jersey City."