Walter Remy Dray was an American track and field athlete who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics. Dray attended Yale University, where he was the captain of the track team. He held the world record in pole vault three separate times. In 1904 he was sixth in pole vault competition. He died in Yorkville, Illinois, aged 87. Walter Dray (United States) set the men's pole vault world record of 3.90 m in Danbury on June 13, 1908. It stood 23 months, until Leland Scott's 3.91 m on April 30, 1910. Wiki link