Walter George Marty was an American high jumper. He set both indoor and outdoor world records in his speciality and was national co-champion both indoors and outdoors in his peak year of 1934. Walter Marty set the men's high jump world record of 2.06 m in Palo Alto, California on April 28, 1934. It stood 2.2 years, until Cornelius Johnson's 2.07 m on July 12, 1936. Wiki link