{{Short description|American jockey (1885–1928)}} {{Infobox horseracing personality | name = Grover Cleveland Fuller | image = | caption = | occupation = Jockey | birth_place = DeWitt, Iowa | birth_date = {{birth date|1885|03|18}} | death_date = {{Death date and age|1928|05|25|1885|03|18}} | death_place = Chicago, Illinois | resting_place = Elmwood Cemetery, DeWitt, Iowa<ref>[http://iowagravestones.org/gs_view.php?id=779126 Iowagravestonesd]</ref> | career wins = | race = Adirondack Stakes (1903)<br>Alabama Stakes (1903)<br>Annual Champion Stakes (1903)<br>Bayshore Stakes (1903)<br>Belles Stakes (1903)<br>Belmont Futurity Stakes (1903)<br>Bouquet Stakes (1903)<br>Bronx Highweight Handicap (1903)<br>Champlain Handicap (1903)<br>Dash Stakes (1903)<br>Dolphin Stakes (1903)<br>Excelsior Handicap (1903)<br>Fashion Stakes (1903)<br>First Special Stakes (1903)<br>Saratoga Cup (1903)<br>Second Special Stakes (1903)<br>Flatbush Stakes (1903)<br>Gentilly Handicap (1903)<br>Golden Rod Stakes (1903)<br>Grand Union Hotel Stakes (1903)<br>Jerome Stakes (1903)<br>Junior Champion Stakes (1903)<br>Mohawk Stakes (1903)<br>Nassau Stakes (1903)<br>Twin City Handicap (1903)<br>American Derby (1904)<br>Carnival Stakes (1904)<br>Louisiana Derby (1904)<br>Montague Stakes (1904)<br>Rosedale Stakes (1904)<br>Ascot Cup (1905)<br>Ascot Handicap (1905) | awards = United States Champion Jockey by wins (1903) | honors = | horses = Africander, Eugenia Burch, Hamburg Belle, Highball, McChesney, Race King | updated = }}
'''Grover Cleveland Fuller''' (March 18, 1885 – May 25, 1928) was an American champion jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kentuckyderby.com/uploads/wysiwyg/files/2016/02/u10/Champions__Kentucky_Derby__2016_.pdf |title=Champions, Kentucky Derby Winners |publisher=Churchill Downs Incorporated |date=2016-01-01 |accessdate=2018-09-23}}</ref> In 1903 he won the national riding title, a part of which were victories in the Futurity Stakes and the Suburban Handicap at Sheepshead Bay, New York, the two richest and most prestigious horse races in the United States at that time.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.nyra.com/belmont/racing/stakes-schedule/suburban-handicap/ |title=Futurity |publisher=New York Racing Association (NYRA) |date=2018-10-07 |accessdate=2018-01-07}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://drf.uky.edu/catalog/1900s/drf1908012901/drf1908012901_2_3 |title=Some Features in Walter Rollins Life: Herbert's Defeat by Africander a Distress |publisher=Daily Racing Form at University of Kentucky Archives |date=1908-01-29 |accessdate=2020-01-14}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.nyra.com/belmont/racing/stakes-schedule/suburban-handicap/ |title=Suburban Handicap |publisher=New York Racing Association (NYRA) |date=2018-07-07 |accessdate=2018-01-07}}</ref>
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