Biography

A native of Natick, Mass., Mahoney excelled in track.  He ran on the unbeaten freshman mile relay team in his first year and was a member of the team that set a world record at 1280 yards when he was a sophomore. Joe Higgins, Andy Kelly, both Hall of Fame members, and Jack Dunphy were the other runners. This same team also set a new Class B record at the Penn Relays.

Three times Mahoney was a member of a team that beat Boston College and he also won the Connecticut 440-yard championship. In 1918 he won the New England 440-yard championship, the same year that he was captain of the track
team.