Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Sabin William Carr (September 4, 1904 in Dubuque, Iowa September 12, 1983 in Santa Barbara, California) was an American athlete who competed in the men''s pole vault. He competed in Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam and won gold. In 1927, Sabin Carr set new indoor and outdoor world records. In early February he took the indoor record up to 13-7 (4.14), which he improved one week later to 13-9 (4.19). In May, at the IC4A outdoor, he became the first man to clear 14 feet (4.27), then in 1928, at the AAU indoor, he vaulted 14-1 (4.29) to become the first to clear 14 feet indoors.