The cache IS NOT at the posted coordinates.
Cleveland Ohio has been the home of many famous people and this series of caches intends to honor many of them.
I believe out of all the people that have lived in Cleveland, this person the most honorable of all and that is why I have chosen him to be the first to be honored.
To solve the mystery you need to determine the name of the person and the dates of their birth and death. For this puzzle use the person's COMMON NAME. The name he was known by the most.
HINT:
I am a man
I am no longer living
I worked as an elevator operator in the Ohio State House for a few years
Too Difficult? Maybe this will help:
I married in 1935
I was an athlete
I attended Ohio State University
I set three world records in Michigan
My middle name is Cleveland
Do you know who I am now? No?
I moved to Cleveland in 1922.
There is a statue of me in Huntington Park near the Cuyahoga County Court House.
In 1928, while in the 7th grade, I got first place for the high jump in the annual Cleveland. Athletic Club Indoor Meet.
I was a track and field star.
I won 4 gold medals at the Berlin Olmpics in Berlin Germany.
They call my world record feat in Michigan the greatest 45 minutes in sports history.
You can find the final at:
N 41 AB.CDE
W 81 FG.HIJ
Convert the letters of my name to numbers. A = 1, B = 2,.....Z =26
A = The cross sum of my birth year - 11.
B = The cross sum of my death year - 18.
C = The number value of the month I died.
D = The number value of the second letter of my last name - 20
E = The number value of the the third letter of my first name - 15
F = The cross sum of the year I went to the Olympics - 15
G = The number value of the month I was born - 8
H = The number value of the fourth letter in my last name - 9
I = The number of daughters my wife and I had + 4
J = The cross sum of the birthyear of my wife - 12
Quotes by me.
“Find the good. It's all around you. Find it, showcase it and you'll start believing in it.”
“We all have dreams. But in order to make dreams come into reality, it takes an awful lot of determination, dedication, self-discipline, and effort.”
“Although I wasn’t invited to shake hands with Hitler, I wasn’t invited to the White House to shake hands with the President either.”
There is a police car that parks near ground zero but it is normally empty. I am here twice a week and have never seen anyone in it.
Please do not park illegally. There is metered parking nearby and it is free after 6 PM and before 7 PM.