Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Denis Horgan (May 18, 1871 June 2, 1922) was a champion Irish athlete and weight thrower, born in Banteer, County Cork, who competed mainly in the shot put. Shortly after setting a world's record of 48 feet 2 inches with the 16 pound shot at Queenstown, in County Cork, Ireland in 1897, Horgan visited the U.S., and in 1900, he joined the Greater New York Irish Athletic Association, the predecessor of the Irish American Athletic Club for a brief period.