Q:Facts: - sport: sprinting - event: 100m , 200m - death place: delray beach , florida , united states - weight: 134 lb -lrb- 61 kg -rrb- - caption: jackson scholz at the 1928 olympics - height: 5 ft 8 in -lrb- 1.72 m -rrb- - death date: 26 october 1986 - club: nyac , new york - medaltemplates: men 's athletics - birth date: 15 march 1897 - name: jackson scholz - nationality: american - image: jackson scholz 1928b.jpg - birth place: buchanan , michigan , united states Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of jackson scholz .
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jackson volney scholz -lrb- march 15 , 1897 -- october 26 , 1986 -rrb- was an american sprint runner .in the 1920s , he became the first person to appear in an olympic sprint final in three different olympic games .after his athletic career , he also gained fame as a writer .